A recent congressional report revealed a plaque depicting American history at West Point contained Ku Klux Klan imagery.

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A plaque with an image of a Ku Klux Klan member is mounted at the entrance of a science building at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, an August report from a congressional commission discovered.

The report from the Congressional Naming Commission, established to help remove Confederate names and monuments from military bases and institutions, includes an image of the plaque at West Point’s Bartlett Hall, which depicts a hooded figure holding what appears to be a rifle with the words “Ku Klux Klan” underneath.

The KKK is designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which calls it “the oldest and most infamous of American hate groups.”

In a statement shared with USA TODAY, the U.S. Military Academy acknowledged that “a small section” of a larger triptych of three bronze panels depicting parts of U.S. history shows a KKK member.

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