Racist publisher could be buried with honor at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery has received a formal request to bury Willis Carto, a prominent Holocaust denier and white supremacist leader, on its hallowed grounds.

Jennifer Lynch, a spokeswoman for the cemetery, confirmed to The Huffington Post on Monday that a funeral director had requested permission from Arlington to bury the remains of a recently deceased person named Willis Carto.

Carto, who died at age 89 on Oct. 26, received a Purple Heart for wounds sustained while fighting for the Army in the Philippines during World War II, according to The New York Times. As a Purple Heart recipient, Carto would be eligible for burial at Arlington. In addition to military service members who die while on active duty, certain other veterans are also eligible for burial at the cemetery, as long as they were honorably discharged. These include former service members who received Purple Hearts and other top military decorations.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a hate group watchdog, wrote in an online profile of Carto that he “has been known for his anti-Semitism, anti-black racism and the wild alternative health claims regularly made in his various publications.”

Carto founded the Institute for Historical review in 1978, which SPLC calls the “first major American Holocaust-denial outfit.” The Liberty Lobby, Carto’s white supremacist and virulently anti-Semitic group, circulated its newsletter to 400,000 people at its peak in the 1980s, according to The New York Times.

He openly admired Adolf Hitler, keeping multiple bronze busts of him in his office and re-publishing his works, the Times reported.

There is no rule that would prevent Carto from being buried in Arlington National Cemetery on the basis of his career as a professional anti-Semitic and racist polemicist.

Arlington National Cemetery has received a formal request to bury Willis Carto, a prominent Holocaust denier and white supremacist leader, on its hallowed grounds.

Jennifer Lynch, a spokeswoman for the cemetery, confirmed to The Huffington Post on Monday that a funeral director had requested permission from Arlington to bury the remains of a recently deceased person named Willis Carto.

Carto, who died at age 89 on Oct. 26, received a Purple Heart for wounds sustained while fighting for the Army in the Philippines during World War II, according to The New York Times. As a Purple Heart recipient, Carto would be eligible for burial at Arlington. In addition to military service members who die while on active duty, certain other veterans are also eligible for burial at the cemetery, as long as they were honorably discharged. These include former service members who received Purple Hearts and other top military decorations.

The Southern Poverty Law Center, a hate group watchdog, wrote in an online profile of Carto that he “has been known for his anti-Semitism, anti-black racism and the wild alternative health claims regularly made in his various publications.”

Carto founded the Institute for Historical review in 1978, which SPLC calls the “first major American Holocaust-denial outfit.” The Liberty Lobby, Carto’s white supremacist and virulently anti-Semitic group, circulated its newsletter to 400,000 people at its peak in the 1980s, according to The New York Times.

He openly admired Adolf Hitler, keeping multiple bronze busts of him in his office and re-publishing his works, the Times reported.

There is no rule that would prevent Carto from being buried in Arlington National Cemetery on the basis of his career as a professional anti-Semitic and racist polemicist.

Ben_Reilly wrote:Arlington National Cemetery doesn't need to be burying anybody who openly admired Hitler.

Raggamuffin wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:Arlington National Cemetery doesn't need to be burying anybody who openly admired Hitler.

Does it matter? It's not like he's being buried under your floor boards or anything.

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Does it matter? It's not like he's being buried under your floor boards or anything.

Yeah, it does -- ANC is reserved for American military heroes, not people who admired the worst dictator we ever fought.

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Raggamuffin wrote:

Does it matter? It's not like he's being buried under your floor boards or anything.

Yeah, it does -- ANC is reserved for American military heroes, not people who admired the worst dictator we ever fought.

Shady wrote:

Ben_Reilly wrote:

Yeah, it does -- ANC is reserved for American military heroes, not people who admired the worst dictator we ever fought.

Well the way things are going in Europe,you Americans will be bailing us out again as the next German nutjob leader,Mrs.Merkal creates more instability in Europe with her mad open door immigration policy.