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The massive bronze sculpture of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, in uniform, astride his horse Traveller, stood in a downtown Charlottesville park for nearly a century. It was at the center of a ...
The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that once stood in Charlottesville, Virginia, was secretly melted down at a ceremonial event. After both cultural and legal battles, the statue of ...
Arlington National Cemetery wasn’t always a cemetery at all. The land once belonged to the family of Confederate General ...
At the center of the “Unite the Right” rally that turned deadly in Charlottesville last weekend was a protest of the city’s plan to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee. White supremacists ...
Rev. Robert Lee IV says taking down these symbols is an "opportunity." Rev. Robert Lee IV is the great-great-great-nephew of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, and he says that taking down ...
The statue of Lee, a commander of the Confederate States ... The monument to the Confederate general, which stood in the collection for 111 years, will be replaced by a statue of civil rights ...
Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ... While talking about Fort Bragg, named for an ineffective Confederate ...
The statue, which depicted Confederate General Robert E Lee sitting on top of a horse, was voted to be taken down by 3-2 at Charlottesville City Council in 2017, along with another statue in the ...
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's great-great grandson condemned last weekend's deadly attack in Charlottesville, Va. as "sad" and "senseless" and suggesting that it would be "appropriate" to move ...
Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated by states in the South for decades following the Civil War, but was abandoned by most after President Ronald Reagan designated the third Monday in ...
On several occasions before he died, former Confederate General Robert E. Lee expressed opposition to proposals to erect Civil War monuments and memorials, including some devoted specifically to ...