Hufsa Kamal
WMAL.com
The dean of the Washington National Cathedral issued a statement Thursday calling for the removal of stained glass windows inside the church that depicts the Confederate flag.
Cathedral Dean Gary Hall said the windows honoring Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson and Gen. Robert E. Lee need to be removed.
The windows were installed in 1953. Hall says that at the time, the church’s leadership thought recognition for the Confederate leaders would promote reconciliation.
However, he says that celebrating the lives of the Confederate generals and the flag does not foster reconciliation, particularly for African-Americans.
He adds that the Confederate flag instead promotes white supremacy.
He says the church should replace the windows with new ones that represent the country’s history of slavery and race.
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