WEST POINT, N.Y.—Amid sensational news that a plaque on campus includes a depiction of a hooded, armed member of the Ku Klux Klan, leadership at the U.S. States Military Academy has canceled all planned cross burnings “for the foreseeable future,” according to the institution’s public affairs officer.

“We now realize that displaying a symbol of love and compassion alight with the flames of hatred on The Plain might not look great to outsiders,” said Maj. John Tompkins from behind what appeared to be a white pillowcase pulled over his head.

Controversy broke out when the congressional commission charged with reviewing and cataloging all military property that honors the confederacy discovered the image, which oblivious and possibly lost future officers have been walking by for decades, unknowingly becoming vehement white supremacists.