| 单词 | Robert E. Lee |
| 例句 | Most Americans date the end of the Civil War with the rendezvous, two weeks earlier, of Generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z No one had told me the Robert E. Lee part. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “I wanted to break up the drive. And I was hoping you’d take me to the Robert E. Lee for lunch,” Miss Fredericks say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z I get in Stuart’s car and he takes me to the Robert E. Lee for dinner. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z An hour later, she called my office to tell me that “Robert E. Lee” was on the phone. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Scott thought that Robert E. Lee, in 1861 a colonel in the U.S. army, was the best soldier for the job. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Before I got fired for accusing Mr. White Manager of wearing a hairpiece, I used to clean the ballrooms at the Robert E. Lee Hotel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At seven o’clock on a cool November night, guests will arrive at the Robert E. Lee Hotel bar for the cocktail hour. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Or Robert E. Lee, who, many years after the war, in a dying delirium, announced, “Strike the tent!” Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Barely two months after V-J Day, the Klan in Atlanta burned a 300-foot cross on the face of Stone Mountain, site of a storied rock carving of Robert E. Lee. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I remember noticing that Robert E. Lee’s horse was named Traveller, the same name as my bicycle. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Robert E. Lee has spent the afternoon on horseback trying to find his own army. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was war, racial war, the same war that Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson had fought. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z After the war, Robert E. Lee applied for a pardon for his acts against the United States. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z His victory at Harpers Ferry, the greatest triumph for the Confederacy in the Civil War, was almost entirely because for once he followed the instructions of Robert E. Lee. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z On the third floor, Mother gaggles over a canopy bed where Robert E. Lee slept. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z This is the story of the Battle of Gettysburg, told from the viewpoints of Robert E. Lee and James Longstreet and some of the other men who fought there. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice at the Robert E. Lee if you include the disaster date, and three more times sitting on my front porch for drinks before he drove home to Vicksburg. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The news, however, that overshadowed everything else during that June was the activity of Robert E. Lee. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s on Friday night, November the fifteenth at the—” “—the Robert E. Lee Hotel,” Miss Celia finish. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Tidings’s voice drummed up the stairs, sounding as commanding as General Robert E. Lee’s at Gettysburg: “It’s nine o’clock! Visitation’s at three! Let’s move-move-move! Where are the hedge clippers, Mama?” Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z There were business and professional people, such as the militant former Brooklynites Dr. and Mrs. Robert E. Lee, both of them dentists, who had given up their United States’ citizenship. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z With Judge Robert E. Lee Key's peculiar comments still running through my head, I went through the mound of records until I found the transcripts from Walter McMillian's trial. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We’d driven to the Robert E. Lee for dinner last night. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z “Skeeter, ” Liza Presley says before I make it past the coffee urns, “did I hear you were at the Robert E. Lee a few weeks ago? “Is that right? The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z A score of genuinely brilliant military leaders who also confronted a superior enemy force—Hannibal, Robert E. Lee, and Napoleon come to mind—were eventually defeated because they presumed that victory meant winning battles. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z I happen to regard the Laughing Man as some kind of super-distinguished ancestor of mine—a sort of Robert E. Lee, say, with the ascribed virtues held under water or blood. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z Skinner was working at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville in the late 1960s when he sent a group of students to the principal's office because their hair was too long. Lynyrd Skynyrd inspiration dies in north Florida 2010-09-20T21:19:00Z For those unfamiliar with the story, Leonard Skinner was the former basketball coach, assistant football coach and gym teacher at Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville. Maybe Lynyrd Skynyrd should have listened to high-school rule enforcer 2010-09-22T23:34:00Z What if a group of time-traveling white supremacists from South Africa gave Robert E. Lee’s troops AK-47 assault rifles to help the Confederacy win the Civil War? Books of The Times: With a Few Tweaks, Shaking Up History 2011-02-28T23:16:12Z For example, Robert E. Lee’s death in 1870 provoked a controversy about whether the flag of the United States should be lowered to honor a man who had waged war against the nation. How We Remember the Civil War 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z On a larger scale is Robert Arbogast’s take on Confederate war statues, whose plinth identifies it as a likeness of Robert E. Lee. Review | In the galleries: At two Washington spaces, art of a political caliber 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z People go about their daily routines while comically, sadly dressed up as Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. William Pope.L sets the U.S. flag waving at the MOCA/Geffen 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Northerners whooped it up when they heard that Confederate General Robert E. Lee had surrendered. Abraham Lincoln was assassinated as the Civil War drew to a close 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z The Met was envisioned by a group of Americans in Paris, 16 months after the surrender of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The Metropolitan Museum of Art spent years planning its 150th anniversary. Now the galleries are dark, the celebrations on hold. 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z First, Vereen sang the popular show tune “Waiting for the Robert E. Lee.” Revisiting Ben Vereen’s Misunderstood Blackface Inaugural Performance 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Her grandfather moved to Lexington, the burial place of Jackson and Robert E. Lee, in 1891. Antiques: Asian Art in Galleries and the Ukrainian Institute 2010-03-18T22:14:00Z After early reports of the incident reached Washington, Robert E. Lee, then a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. How Accurate Was ‘The Good Lord Bird’? 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z The windows for generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson recently had two Confederate flags removed after protests about their proslavery interpretation. A cathedral like none other: Moon rock and Darth Vader blend into Gothic architecture 2017-07-10T04:00:00Z Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee met in combat for the first time at the Battle of the Wilderness. Historian to testify at Walmart battlefield trial 2010-10-12T17:42:00Z It includes brilliant evaluations of the writings of Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, as well as other less famous figures, about whom Wilson is just as piercing. Reading About the Confederacy 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Gettysburg is where the U.S. military was able to stop an invasion of the North by Confederate troops under Gen. Robert E. Lee, a major turning point of the American Civil War. 'Lincoln' director Spielberg speaks in Gettysburg 2012-11-19T10:16:03Z Unlike President Trump, I see no beauty in the Robert E. Lee monument, with its bland neo-Classical suavity. We Need to Move, Not Destroy, Confederate Monuments 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z The women always begin their tour — which includes stops at statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson — at the auction block. Two women lead a free tour of Charlottesville’s Confederate monuments each month. A new website lets everyone listen. 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z No figure is more closely tied to our notions of the Confederacy than Robert E. Lee, and Freeman’s epic biography, first published in four volumes in the mid-1930s, remains the fullest portrait. Reading About the Confederacy 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Skinner earned the disdain of long-haired students at Robert E. Lee High School during the 1960s by sending them to the principal's office, where they were handed suspension notices. Teacher who inspired Lynyrd Skynyrd band name dies 2010-09-21T01:24:00Z That Robert E. Lee refused to be buried in his Confederate uniform. Lonnae O’Neal: How I felt when the Confederate flag finally came down 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z There’s also a new biography of Robert E. Lee, an insider’s account of Trump-era Washington and an essay collection about antisemitism and the hazards of Jewish memory. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z But it is very difficult to retract the honorific function of a Robert E. Lee statue without moving or destroying it. Perspective | Statues make definitive statements. That’s why Confederate memorials must come down. 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z In September, the last, a statue of Robert E. Lee, was craned-lifted and trucked away. Best Art Exhibitions of 2021 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z A month later, tiki-torch-wielding white supremacists rallied in Charlottesville, Va., to protest the slated removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. 10 Cultural Battles That Ruled 2017 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z Take the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Va. Its planned removal erupted last week into violent, white supremacist domestic terrorism. What to do with Confederate monuments? Put them in museums as examples of ugly history, not civic pride 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z “All the beautiful real estate in Virginia, like Trump Winery, and dummy Robert E. Lee builds his house in the middle of a cemetery?” Perspective | Trump insulted John McCain. We can only imagine which deceased figure might be next. 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z But yes, while painful for me to write, Robert E. Lee was a traitor. Lies I learned as a Southerner: Racism, the Confederate flag and why so many white Southerners revere a symbol of hatred 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z In the opening story, a wily toy broker seeks out the one-of-a-kind model train that Robert E. Lee gave to his son, Graham, just before the child died. A Set of Brilliant Miniatures by the Author of ‘The Good Lord Bird’ 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Such was the case with a recent NPR report on a Jacksonville, Fla. high school named after Confederate general Robert E. Lee that was considering a name change. What "Loki," "Lucifer" and "Cruella" tell us about our love affair with rewriting ugly stories 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z In the bedroom stood Robert Lincoln, the president’s eldest son, who just five days earlier had borne witness to Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Abraham Lincoln’s assassination: Great joy, then a gunshot 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z There are no idealized heroes in “Bomb Run,” not even Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. The Dirty Details of War 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z It's the president's last note to McClelland before relieving the general of his command for not aggressively pursuing Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee after the Battle of Antietam a month earlier. Letter from Lincoln being sold by Philly dealer 2011-09-07T16:52:10Z It would have worked for Michael Stipe, too, if he hadn’t chosen to tarnish the effect with a silver Robert E. Lee beard. ‘12-12-12’ Concert Performers and Issues of Aging 2012-12-19T23:07:03Z It joins other public statues depicting Southern or Confederate figures, including Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, that some are arguing represent the country's racist past and should be removed. Jefferson Memorial, Confederate statues enter national race debate 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z In Richmond, protesters transformed a colossal statue of Robert E. Lee into a jubilant paean to Black Lives Matter. The Most Important Moments in Art in 2020 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z She used Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s post-war absolution as an example. Niece says ‘cruel and traitorous’ Trump belongs in prison 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z We ran into Cynthia’s high school classmate, a bartender at the restaurant, who explained how she created the Traveller cocktail, named after Robert E. Lee’s horse. History-rich Lexington, Va., adds new hotel, dining options 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Among the fine art being offered is an oil painting by Tom Lovell of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Civil War surrender at Appomattox. National Geographic to auction famous photos, art 2012-10-22T13:12:56Z Robert E. Lee followed a similar ideological trajectory on the issue of secession. 7 misconceptions about the Civil War 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z The museum opened its latest “One Life” exhibit series last week with a gallery devoted to Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. Smithsonian features Grant, Lee from Civil War 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z Americans, no matter how much they might vaguely protest when a statue of Robert E. Lee is about collapse, do not care about history. My hometown Confederate war 2017-08-26T04:00:00Z "If you look, they were people protesting very quietly the taking down of the statue of Robert E. Lee," Trump said. Anderson Cooper Says Trump 'Revealed So Clearly Who and What He Really Is' 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z “We don’t think about who created the statue of Robert E. Lee and what her intentions were. We think about who and what Robert E. Lee signifies.” Trump Aside, Artists and Preservationists Debate the Rush to Topple Statues 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z Hugo’s doctored novel went on to become such an emphatic hit in the South that the downbeaten soldiers of Robert E. Lee took to calling themselves “Lee’s miserables.” The Legacy of ‘Les Misérables’: Charting the Life of a Classic 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Chants of “you will not replace us” pierce the air as the participants gather around the covered Robert E. Lee statue. A timeline of racism in Charlottesville, from 1607 through 2017’s Unite the Right rally aftermath 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z The Road to Appomattox West Coast premiere of Catherine Bush’s drama about a married couple at a crossroads while retracing the final retreat of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 8-15: 'The Temptation of St. Antony' and more 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Mr. Harris, who lists both the writer Wendell Berry and the Confederate general Robert E. Lee as heroes, has been the star attraction at Slow Food dinners and progressive agricultural conferences. At White Oak Pastures, Grass-Fed Beef Is Only the Beginning 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z Fenves said that the latter three "had deep ties to Texas. Robert E. Lee's complicated legacy to Texas and the nation should not be reduced to his role in the Civil War." Jefferson Davis statue deemed racist to be relocated at UT Austin 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z He feels as though Roy Moore was “mistreated” and Robert E. Lee was a hero. In Montgomery, a City Embedded With Pain, Finding Progress 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Tasneem Raja reports from the city of Tyler, Texas, where citizens are divided over the question of whether to rename Robert E. Lee High School. Sunday Reading: School Days 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z His family were “gentry” and rumored to be related to Robert E. Lee, naming one son of every generation after the beloved Civil War general. “Tomlinson Hill”: A white man from Texas unearths his family’s shockingly racist past 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z His series on the Richmond monuments scrambles the image of Robert E. Lee and other Confederate leaders, dissecting the smooth statuary into phantom horsemen with many patterns and textures. This Artist Got His Start as an I.C.U. Nurse 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z Once a bustling Colonial port city and home to George Washington and Robert E. Lee, Alexandria is steeped in history. A day-trip itinerary to Old Town Alexandria, which is not just for history geeks 2017-07-26T04:00:00Z The cost for a hulking monument — like Richmond’s Robert E. Lee sculpture, which weighs 13 tons — to be disassembled, stored, shipped and reassembled would be astronomical. Why a Russian billionaire wants to buy controversial statues that were taken down 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z “Mentally, physically, spiritually, metaphysically, biologically, specifically, pacifically, Michael Ealy, Robert E. Lee, none of the Lees.” ‘A Black Lady Sketch Show’ Has the Most Exciting Comics (and the Silliest) 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z That action compelled city and state politicians to safely dismantle four other statues, including those of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. For Richmond, a Compelling New Chapter 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z "History reminds us that despite the hero status accorded to Robert E. Lee, the West Point educated Lee was a traitor who led the military effort of the breakaway states, including Georgia." NAACP wants Confederate carving removed from Georgia's Stone Mountain 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z No one dreamed they would still be fighting in April 1865, when Southern commanding general Robert E. Lee finally surrendered to his Northern counterpart, Ulysses S. Grant. When the guns of the Civil War fell silent 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z The decision was made well before the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug. 12 that followed a decision by the city to remove a statue memorializing Robert E. Lee. Tom Colicchio Changes His Restaurant’s Racially Tinged Name 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z We treat it the way those people do who had their way with that statue of Robert E. Lee on Richmond’s Monument Avenue: You graffiti the hell out of it. Debating ‘Hamilton’ as It Shifts From Stage to Screen 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z In Abilene, he kept a portrait of General Robert E. Lee on his bedroom wall. In ‘God Save Texas,’ Lawrence Wright Ranges Far and Wide 2018-04-18T04:00:00Z The show’s opening on Thursday coincides with the 150th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender that ended the war. Spare Times Listings for April 3-9 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z In common with most white Southerners, I also revered the memory of General Robert E. Lee. Lies I learned as a Southerner: Racism, the Confederate flag and why so many white Southerners revere a symbol of hatred 2015-07-15T04:00:00Z The chapter's leader is calling for the removal of the Confederate Memorial Carving that depicts Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. NAACP wants Confederate carving removed from Georgia's Stone Mountain 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z And in Austin, they show Azie Morton Road, named after the only black U.S. treasurer, which replaced Robert E. Lee Road in 2018. When a county changed a Confederate highway name, some navigation apps were slow to change it 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z But that changed in July, when Ms. Bell threw a gathering honoring Emmett Till under the shadow of a statue of Robert E. Lee. In Richmond, Black Dance Claims a Space Near Robert E. Lee 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z In “Found Poem,” an erasure of Woodrow Wilson’s 1924 essay on Robert E. Lee, Smith writes: Four Poets Write New Histories 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z In the lead-up to the fateful Charlottesville rally, Signer twisted and turned as Black residents demanded that a statue of Robert E. Lee be removed from a prime spot downtown. Tested by Tragedy, Two Politicians Review Their Records — Mistakes Included 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z It’s also the final resting spot of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. History-rich Lexington, Va., adds new hotel, dining options 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Figures like Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant, the men who are front and center in most Civil War narratives, are seldom mentioned by Ayers’s subjects. Seeing the Civil War From the Ground Up 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z In the very first sentence of his newest work, he charges Robert E. Lee with treason. The True Story of Robert E. Lee 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z An August rally organized by white nationalists to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee became deadly when a counter-protester was killed by a car driven into a crowd. Dave Matthews harnesses local roots with Concert for Charlottesville 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z “So this week it’s Robert E. Lee,” he said, in a combative and at times terrifying news conference Tuesday. Perspective | Statues make definitive statements. That’s why Confederate memorials must come down. 2017-08-16T04:00:00Z “In order to make Robert E. Lee a hero, Ulysses Grant had to become a villain,” said Dietz. When Truman is your grandpa: The complicated lives of presidential descendants 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z Enter the wizened, comedic shoe shiner; the bartender who resembles Robert E. Lee; or the dapper antiques magnate, for starters. The Personalities of Natchez 2010-04-07T20:54:00Z Symbolically, the Civil War ended when Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in a Virginia parlor on April 9, 1865, a century and a half ago this week. Review: ‘Personal Correspondents: Photography and Letter Writing in Civil War Brooklyn’ 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z In his statements at the time, the president suggested that there were “very fine people” who marched alongside the white-supremacist protesters in defense of that city’ statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Pranksters sneak KKK hoods, Putin postcards into racks at Trump Tower gift shop 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z Topical references roll through in waves: name-checks of those revealed in the #MeToo movement, as well as net neutrality, statues of Robert E. Lee and North Korean missiles. There's a Purple Rain of Grinchiness in the Troubies' 'How the Princh Stole Christmas!' 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z Jacksonville Bolles coach Corky Rogers, the winningest high-school coach in Florida history, knew Skinner when he coached at Robert E. Lee. Maybe Lynyrd Skynyrd should have listened to high-school rule enforcer 2010-09-22T23:34:00Z In this case, the president wondered whether the removal of a statue of Confederate leader Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville — where white supremacists clashed this weekend with counterprotesters — would lead to the teardown of others. Whataboutism: The Cold War tactic, thawed by Putin, is brandished by Donald Trump 2017-08-17T04:00:00Z In September 1864 — immediately after Gen. Sherman telegraphed Lincoln, “Atlanta is ours, and fairly won” — Robert E. Lee declared that the Confederacy had won the Civil War. Style Invitational Week 1414: Divining comedy — the year in preview 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z Some of these are monuments that honor well-known figures like Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson, while some are meant to commemorate the unknown fallen. As Confederate monument debate continues, Kehinde Wiley’s new statue challenges the heroic narrative 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z In August in 2017, white nationalists gathered in Charlottesville to protest the city's decision to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. A Virginia school named after a Confederate general will be renamed Barack Obama Elementary School 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z At Duke University, president Vincent E. Price removed a statue of Robert E. Lee from the campus' chapel; nothing was put in its place. Louisville mayor removing Confederate relic statue amid protests is literally the least he could do 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z Last month a gold pendant containing braided hair from Robert E. Lee sold for $12,500 at Doyle auction house in Manhattan. Antiques: Historical Hair Locks Selling at Auctions 2012-12-13T22:46:41Z Jones noted that there are “already calls to remove statues of Robert E. Lee and renaming this street or that building, this statue or monument — this does not reconcile people.” “Dukes of Hazzard” actor calls removal of Confederate flag “a hysteria of cultural cleansing” 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Gettysburg is the site of the pivotal battle of the Civil War, where Northern troops were able to repel the Confederate army under Gen. Robert E. Lee. Spielberg to speak at 'Gettysburg Address' event 2012-10-02T17:51:09Z It is often forgotten , that even after Robert E. Lee’s surrender in Appomattox on April 9, 1865, the fighting continued for more than another week in North Carolina. How We Remember the Civil War 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z The "three wise men" here are Lincoln plus two generals, Ulysses Grant and Robert E. Lee. Review: 'A Civil War Christmas' is sweeping tale 2012-12-05T03:46:05Z While reading scholarly books and the autobiography of Frederick Douglass, he stumbled upon a casual reference to the fact that in 1865 the Passover observance began the day after Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. Writing the Play His Curiosity Led Him To 2011-01-27T23:00:09Z So along with Robert E. Lee’s birthday we have Confederate Memorial day, officially celebrated in nine states at various times, mostly in the spring. What gets declassified? 2012-05-31T21:09:00Z And yet the country remains bitterly divided over the war’s legacy: Witness a photograph by Ms. Le of two bronze memorials commemorating the Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Troubled Turf: The Photographs of An-My Le 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z The terms presented to Robert E. Lee carried “no tinge of malice” and “breathed a spirit of charity reminiscent of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.” President Clinton Looks Back at President Grant 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z An August rally organized by white nationalists to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee became deadly when a counter-protester was killed by a car driven into a crowd. Dave Matthews harnesses local roots with Concert for Charlottesville 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z How did the news of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s failure to take the war north affect Morgan’s ambitions? Theme Park Review: Where Park Visitors Answer a Call to Battle 2011-06-21T17:14:18Z The creationism vs. evolution in schools debate has reared back into our national political dialogue, which may be reason enough to revive "Inherit the Wind," a 1955 play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee. 'Inherit the Wind' airs current creationism debate 2011-09-09T23:16:04Z “This week, it is Robert E. Lee and this week, Stonewall Jackson.” Historians Question Trump’s Comments on Confederate Monuments 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, closed Friday morning and will remain closed through Sunday. How the East Coast Storm Is Affecting Weekend Travel 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z Stuart is one of several schools in Fairfax County that are named for Confederate leaders; there is also a petition to change the name of Robert E. Lee High School. Julianne Moore and Film Producer Start Petition to Remove Confederate General From School Name 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z It features Generals Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and Robert E. Lee, along with Jefferson Davis, who served as the president of the Confederacy. A Confederate memorial towers over Stone Mountain, Georgia. A local African American woman wants it to stay there. 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Charlottesville was where white nationalists descended in 2017 to protest plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Charlottesville drama teacher to get special Tony Award 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z However, four other Confederate statues on the campus grounds will remain in place, including one depicting Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Jefferson Davis statue deemed racist to be relocated at UT Austin 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z At Duke University, president Vincent E. Price removed a statue of Robert E. Lee from the campus' chapel. As Confederate monuments come down, what should replace them? 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Grant, now famous for forcing surrenders, would soon move east to face Robert E. Lee. ‘Vicksburg’ Review: The Falling Tide of Gray 2018-06-20T04:00:00Z The show’s opening on April 9 coincides with the 150th anniversary of Robert E. Lee’s surrender that ended the war. Spare Times for April 10-16 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z In the days following George Floyd’s murder, protesters ringed Richmond’s Robert E. Lee memorial with graffiti, and soon after, they toppled a nearby statue of Jefferson Davis, dragging the Confederate president in the streets. 8 Ways a Modern Civil Rights Movement Moved the Culture 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z And national efforts to dismantle statues for Confederate generals like Robert E. Lee have widened to include figures like Christopher Columbus and Winston Churchill. Theodore Roosevelt Statue Removal Begins at Museum of Natural History 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z History also has scheduled a documentary on Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant, the best-known Confederate and Union generals. Hollywood takes on the Civil War 2011-05-04T20:19:19Z Much of Washington’s tent fabric was later owned by Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary. George Washington Really Slept Here. So Did His Slave. 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z It contained portraits of eminent figures like Ralph Waldo Emerson and Robert E. Lee, all in pristine condition. Yale’s Beinecke Library Buys Vast Collection of Lincoln Photos 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z “American Ulysses” gains real momentum with the Civil War — from Grant’s first days, drilling 80 recruits on Galena’s streets, to his brilliant Vicksburg campaign to Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House. Ulysses S. Grant: New Biography of ‘A Nobody From Nowhere’ 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z But multiple lawsuits and court injunctions have prevented the bronze Robert E. Lee and his horse Traveler from joining them. In Richmond, Black Dance Claims a Space Near Robert E. Lee 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z Twenty years later, she published “Reading the Man: A Portrait of Robert E. Lee Through His Private Letters,” a revelatory study of the commander of the Confederate army during the Civil War. Elizabeth Brown Pryor, biographer of Robert E. Lee and Clara Barton, dies 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Central to the Lost Cause was the elevation of Robert E. Lee to sainthood. Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z They came for months because the city council voted to take down the Robert E. Lee statue, and I always felt like I had to be at the counter-protests. She was told her grandfather had saved a Black man. Then she dug up the ugly truth 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z A committee of five cadets that included 1829 graduate Robert E. Lee, the future Confederate general, was involved with the dedication of the monument. After lots of hype, West Point treasure box opening yields no bombshells, just silt 2023-08-28T04:00:00Z Hill was fatally shot by Union forces in the fighting around Petersburg, Virginia, in April 1865, just seven days before Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union commander Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Virginia’s Fort Hill renamed to honor pioneering Union surgeon Mary Walker 2023-08-27T04:00:00Z Its colossal, mountainside sculpture of Gen. Robert E. Lee, Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson is the largest Confederate monument ever crafted and has special protection enshrined in Georgia law. Civil rights groups condemn ‘Soul Fest’ concerts at Georgia park with giant Confederate carving 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z It normalizes and “makes a joke” of mass murder and political violence, much as statues of Robert E. Lee glorify slavery and “the lost cause.” Lenin statue: Normalizes political violence 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z Gen. Gordon Granger and his troops arrived in the Gulf Coast city on June 19, 1865, more than two months after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia. The story behind Juneteenth and how it became a federal holiday 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z Why do we have so many statues to the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee if the South lost the Civil War? Opinion: Why it matters that Johnny doesn't know history 2023-05-15T04:00:00Z Tourists marvel at the colonial homes in Old Town, and some residents still worship in the church once attended by George Washington and Robert E. Lee. Alexandria, steeped in history, seeks to recover its Black community’s past 2023-04-30T04:00:00Z I was offended after reading the April 23 Metro article about Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Arlington House, “A united call for Lee’s name to go.” Opinion | Stop judging Gen. Robert E. Lee by today’s standards 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z Louisiana in 2022 removed Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of state holidays. Alabama and Mississippi mark Confederate Memorial Day 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z On Saturday, descendants of the enslaved gathered on the grounds of Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, for a ceremony to honor their ancestors. Descendants of enslaved, enslavers gather for reconciliation talks in Va. 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Workers removed the Robert E. Lee statue in 2021 at the request of the city. Torch Carriers in 2017 Charlottesville Rally Are Indicted 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z He knew little about the huge rendering of Confederate leaders Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis carved into a granite mountain in Georgia. Rubenstein spent years preserving objects. Now he’s looking for meaning. 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Arlington became the home of Gen. Robert E. Lee when he married into the Custis family. Opinion | Stop judging Gen. Robert E. Lee by today’s standards 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z But renaming the street named for the family of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is to erase Alexandria’s history. Opinion | Denser housing will harm Old Town Alexandria 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z “Robert E. Lee has a history here, but a lot of other people have a history here too.” Descendants of enslaved, enslavers gather for reconciliation talks in Va. 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z Inside, an exhibit of Civil War munitions features a Confederate flag and pictures of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, along with a U.S. flag and Union general’s photo. Opinion | I bought a gun — and I intend to use it 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z Along with Mississippi, Alabama also observes the birthdays of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, on the same day in January. How One President’s Day Became Presidents’ Day 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z The lessons venerate Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and denigrate the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. “Mrs. Saxon” also talks of celebrating Hitler’s birthday with favorite German foods, bragging about making a “swastika apple pie.” Ohio officials are investigating pro-Nazi home-schoolers 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z I was shocked to learn that here in Texas, the state still officially observes Confederate Heroes Day every Jan. 19 — which happens to be Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Opinion | Boston’s ‘Embrace’ holds fast to the whitewashed view of MLK 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z Kowalski, who brought her young daughter with her to the event, is a descendant of Robert E. Lee’s uncle. Descendants of enslaved, enslavers gather for reconciliation talks in Va. 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z He did attend the military academy then — just after Robert E. Lee and before Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman — with the intention of becoming a commissioned officer in the Army. Edgar Allan Poe had a promising military career. Then he blew it up. 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z When Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant after the Battle of Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, the South’s defeat in the Civil War had been all but assured. The Reconstruction that wasn't: A new book aims to bust post-Civil War myths 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z The gargantuan bas relief depicting Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson on horseback appears on a granite outcropping about 15 miles east of downtown Atlanta. How Stone Mountain weaponized art against Black people, in a compelling new documentary 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z Alexandria, the former home of a young Robert E. Lee, boasts no shortage of Civil War iconography, but most of the city’s Confederate streets did not exist until midway through last century. Alexandria moves to speed up renaming of its Confederate streets 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z “It’s not just the Robert E. Lee museum. It has to be inclusive.” Descendants of enslaved, enslavers gather for reconciliation talks in Va. 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z The Johns statue will replace the image of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which represented Virginia in the Capitol for more than a century. Sculptor chosen for Capitol statue of teen who fought school segregation 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z The rally followed months of protests over the city's plan to remove a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. U.S. judge cuts damages imposed on organizers of 2017 'Unite the Right' rally 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z In 1890, the year the state erected an enormous statue of Robert E. Lee on what would become Monument Avenue, Mitchell wrote about the resilience of the Black person in society. White contractors wouldn’t remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it. 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Are we going to burn Robert E. Lee’s house down? Opinion | We should learn from the past, not destroy it 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z Originally a plantation belonging to descendants of Martha Custis Washington, including Confederate general Robert E. Lee, the land that would become the cemetery was acquired by the U.S. What to do with Arlington Cemetery’s Confederate Memorial 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z Grant commanded the Union Army in the last two years of the Civil War and accepted Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender in 1865. Historians praise Ulysses S. Grant’s recent promotion to Army’s highest rank 2022-12-28T05:00:00Z The first Confederate statue installed in the Capitol provoked outrage, when Virginia chose to be represented by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in 1909. Art at Capitol honors 141 enslavers and 13 Confederates. Who are they? Growing up in Hampton and Newport News, he went to Robert E. Lee Elementary School, but the name meant little to him. White contractors wouldn’t remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it. 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z “I guess there’s a tension people have with keeping the history of Robert E. Lee while trying to address some of the inconsistencies in injustice and all that,” Hashim said. Parks in Fairfax’s Franconia district scrap the Confederate Lee name 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z The United States Military Academy at West Point will start removing Confederate symbols, including a portrait of Gen. Robert E. Lee, from its campus. Times Past 2022-12-25T05:00:00Z The statue will go up where the statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee used to stand, according to National Public Radio. Statue of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells shaped modern medicine, to be erected in Roanoke 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z The finished statue will stand downtown in Henrietta Lacks Plaza, where a Robert E. Lee monument once stood. A Statue of Henrietta Lacks Will Replace a Monument to Robert E. Lee 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z In 2020, a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee was removed from the Capitol during a year of heightened racial tension following the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. Congress votes to remove statue of Supreme Court chief justice who authored Dred Scott decision 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z Following his death from pancreatic cancer on July 17, 2020, the Fairfax County School Board said it would rename Robert E. Lee High School after Mr. Lewis. Forever stamp to honor Rep. John Lewis, civil rights activist, in 2023 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z He wore a sweatshirt with a dramatic Confederate battle scene and the phrase, “Don’t make me open up my can of Robert E. Lee.” Richmond takes down its last major city-owned Confederate memorial 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Now gone from Monument Avenue are all five grandiose monuments to White defenders of slavocracy, including the state-owned statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Opinion | Richmond’s removal of a final Confederate statue is a joyous milestone 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z Richmond has since removed about a dozen statues and other memorials, from cannons and highway markers to statues of the president of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, and the Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Richmond’s Last Confederate Statue Is Removed 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z A statue of Confederate commander Robert E. Lee was brought down in September 2021. Virginia capital removes last public Confederate monument 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z In introducing freshmen students to the idea of leadership, a Marine Corps textbook offers the Confederate general Robert E. Lee as an example to emulate. J.R.O.T.C. Textbooks Offer an Alternative View of the World 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z Charlottesville voted to give its statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee to a museum to melt down and turn into new artwork. Virginia county poised to take unusual step to preserve Confederate statue 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Hill was regarded as one of General-in-Chief Robert E. Lee’s most trusted lieutenants and commanded the famed “Light Division.” How Army Bases in the South Were Named for Defeated Confederates 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z McLean and his family later moved 120 miles to Appomattox, Va., where in 1865, the Confederates used his house once again — as the site of Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. Five of history's craziest coincidences 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z While studying law at George Washington University, Hoover had joined the Kappa Alpha fraternity — founded in 1865 in honor of Robert E. Lee. Perspective | The spirit of J. Edgar Hoover begins to stir in Prince George’s County 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z Thursday is Thanksgiving, and Friday is a Georgia holiday that once honored Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general. Georgia Appeals Court Upholds Ruling Allowing Early Voting on Saturday 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The Saturday after Thanksgiving also falls one day after a state holiday that once commemorated the birthday of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, and is now observed without a specific focus. A Georgia judge allows another Saturday of early voting in the Senate runoff, a victory for Democrats. 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z Robert E. Lee was a Virginian slave owner and colonel in the U.S. How Army Bases in the South Were Named for Defeated Confederates 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z The lone Saturday that falls into the early-voting period for the runoff is two days after Thanksgiving and one day after a holiday that once commemorated the birthday of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Warnock Joins Lawsuit to Overturn Restriction on Early Voting in Georgia 2022-11-15T05:00:00Z The Saturday in question, Nov. 26, is two days after Thanksgiving and one day after a state holiday that once commemorated Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Georgia’s Senate Runoff Is Complicated by 2021 Voting Law 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z When Union forces repelled Robert E. Lee’s invasion of the North, in a battle that killed or wounded 23,000 men in a single day, Lincoln read the grim victory as a sign. Review | In Jon Meacham’s biography, Lincoln is a guiding light for our times 2022-10-24T04:00:00Z It has removed about a dozen statues and other memorials, from cannons and highway markers to statues of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee. Richmond Can Remove Last Confederate Statue, Judge Rules 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z Benning was appointed as a colonel in the Confederate Georgian militia in August 1861 and spent most of the war in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. How Army Bases in the South Were Named for Defeated Confederates 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z Capitol itself, replacing Virginia’s statue of Robert E. Lee with one of civil rights leader Barbara Johns. Wexton, Cao spar over inflation, abortion in latest VA10 debate 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z A holiday that once commemorated Robert E. Lee’s birthday is cited as a reason for barring early voting two Saturdays before Election Day. Georgia’s Senate Runoff Is Complicated by 2021 Voting Law 2022-11-14T05:00:00Z “God bless the fallen Southerners,” he concluded, “and God bless Robert E. Lee.” A Virginia county maneuvers to protect a Confederate statue at its courthouse 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z Hill, a lieutenant general under Robert E. Lee, served in the Army of Northern Virginia. Richmond Can Remove Last Confederate Statue, Judge Rules 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z The Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery needs a name change — a title more inclusive of the people and history of the property. Opinion | Encouraging a necessary name change at Arlington House 2022-09-06T04:00:00Z It recommends that West Point delete barracks, streets, a gate, a monument and other symbols bearing the name or likenesses of such figures as Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Opinion | At West Point, a historical commission checks facts and takes names 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z The other two plaques above the entrance to the science hall specifically commemorate Confederate figures, including Robert E. Lee and J.E.B. West Point Has a K.K.K. Plaque Mounted Above Entrance to Science Hall 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z The names of Robert E. Lee and other Confederate officers should be stripped from memorials and buildings at West Point and the U.S. Robert E. Lee in the crosshairs as panel urges West Point, Annapolis to strip Confederate names 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Take down images of Robert E. Lee and replace them with Frederick Douglass. Review | In Philadelphia, a monument to end all monuments 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in Charlottesville resulted in the Unite the Right rally in which a counterprotester was killed when a man drove into a crowd. Five years after removal, Confederate statues may go to L.A. 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The addition of this area gave the Confederacy even greater hope and brought General Robert E. Lee, arguably the best military commander of the day, to their side. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Among the first federal honorees were Gen. Robert E. Lee, who opposed citizenship rights for free Black people and had allowed his Civil War forces to kidnap them into slavery. Breaking with the cult of the Confederacy 2022-08-12T04:00:00Z The Robert E. Lee statue that was the focus of the Unite the Right rally is gone, but many feel the divides it exposed remain. Charlottesville hired a Black police chief to heal. Then it fired her. 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z Edds said she was inspired to write the book when she heard that Northam had decided to remove an enormous state-controlled statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond. Book has insight, no clear answer on Northam yearbook photo 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z The stolen items included 71 signed presidential pardons, an 1863 warrant ordering the seizure of Robert E. Lee’s house and $7,500 worth of autographed photos of Apollo astronauts. National Archives documents, at center of Trump raid, have spawned unusual cases for decades 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, McLean gave numerous interviews in which she lauded Lee’s character and complained that Virginia’s heritage was “under attack.” Youngkin appointee who defended Confederate statues resigns from board 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z Virginia removed its statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in 2020 and plans to replace it with one of civil rights leader Barbara Johns. Capitol statue collection gets first Black American, replacing Confederate 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z Virginia has decided to replace Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee with civil rights leader Barbara Johns, and Arkansas will honor civil rights activist Daisy Bates. Opinion | A new and much-needed source of inspiration arrives in the Capitol 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z The attack at the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond’s Monument Avenue took only minutes, but it has irrevocably altered Virginia’s capital city. Opinion | Richmond will never be the same 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Fort Lee in Virginia, named for Confederate general Robert E. Lee, would become Fort Gregg-Adams after two trailblazing logistics experts — for an army is only as good as its logistics. Opinion | The proposed new names for military bases are in, and they’re inspiring 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z A lawsuit is seeking to block a Charlottesville museum from altering a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, even though that monument has already been cut into pieces, according to court documents. Lawsuit seeks to stop Charlottesville Lee statue from being melted down 2022-06-26T04:00:00Z In both Alabama and Mississippi, the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. and the birthday of Confederate General Robert E. Lee are a shared paid state holiday. Juneteenth is not a legal holiday in most states 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z But that day was chosen as commemoration of when news reached Texas that the Civil War was over, two months after Confederate commander Robert E. Lee surrendered. Celebrate Juneteenth as America’s spiritual rebirth 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z Their soldiers, led by General Robert E. Lee, — were depicted as the greatest and most noble warriors of history. Trumpism without Trump: Maybe he's beginning to fade — but the danger to democracy isn't 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z Under the panel’s recommendations, Fort Lee in Virginia, named after Robert E. Lee, would be renamed Fort Gregg-Adams, after retired Lt. New Names Recommended for 9 Army Bases That Honor Confederate Leaders 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Trump, who has long idolized Robert E. Lee and championed memorials for Confederate leaders, wasn’t clear about whether his sharing of the message was meant to recommend, or merely to predict, a civil war. Opinion | As Trump loses kingmaker status, he becomes more dangerous 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z General Robert E. Lee surrendered the last major Confederate army that April, and the 13th Amendment was ratified the following December. Juneteenth is not a legal holiday in most states 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z Fort Lee in Virginia, named for Robert E. Lee, leader of the Confederate Army, would be renamed Fort Gregg-Adams, after two Black Army officers who broke through racial barriers in the service. Bases named for Confederates should honor women, minorities instead, panel says 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Indeed, it almost won, led by Robert E. Lee, one of the greatest generals in history. Trumpism without Trump: Maybe he's beginning to fade — but the danger to democracy isn't 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z “Not only did Robert E. Lee lead some of the Confederacy’s most consequential victories in their fight to protect slavery; he was also a traitor to his own country,” Mr. Brannan said. Brooklyn Street Named for Robert E. Lee Now Honors Black War Hero 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z During his time at West Point, Mr. Hunt said, he lived in barracks named for Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, and said he would never want its name changed. A Rising Texas Republican’s Advice for His Party: Update Your Look 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Aug. 11, 2017: White nationalists and white supremacists protest in Charlottesville against a plan to remove a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Analysis | Cheney says GOP has ‘enabled’ racism. Here’s what she’s talking about. 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z He knows that he lives on the edge of a historically Black neighborhood and a brisk walk away from the childhood home of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, who grew up on Oronoco Street. Battling yard signs on a quiet corner in Alexandria 2022-05-07T04:00:00Z Bonekemper has written an entire book on that topic, "How Robert E. Lee Lost the Civil War," but this observation alone suffices to pierce the great man's myth. Trumpism without Trump: Maybe he's beginning to fade — but the danger to democracy isn't 2022-06-12T04:00:00Z It had been called “General Lee Avenue” after Robert E. Lee, who served at the base 20 years before the Civil War. Brooklyn Street Named for Robert E. Lee Now Honors Black War Hero 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z President Ulysses S. Grant’s tomb is a rare Civil War memorial that racial protesters haven’t defaced — and historians say that shows how his legacy has eclipsed that of Robert E. Lee on his 200th birthday. Historians see Grant eclipsing Lee in 200th birthday celebrations 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z His military policy was to crush Robert E. Lee’s army and force an unconditional surrender, so that the war would end cleanly. Review | Lessons from Lincoln’s leadership at the close of the Civil War 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z When the value of those greenbacks surged in March 1865, the market was effectively announcing what Robert E. Lee’s formal surrender at Appomattox would confirm weeks later. Review | The Civil War’s financial battles 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z That evening, Colonel Robert E. Lee and Lieutenant J. E. B. Stuart arrived with a company of US Marines and captured the last survivors. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z There was something quaint and clinical about the December opening of a metal box, long secreted in the base of a statue to Robert E. Lee in Richmond. Perspective | Time capsules are more popular than ever, as Americans take history into their own hands 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The towering monument to Robert E. Lee had watched over the city for more than a century. Review | How the South was transformed by the fall of Jim Crow, and how it wasn’t 2022-03-04T05:00:00Z While the Union had far greater resources than the Confederacy, the South had brilliant generals, especially Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson and Robert E. Lee. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Robert E. Lee is not a war — certainty not one of the named wars,” the city lawyers wrote in their letter. ‘Robert E. Lee is not a war’ SC city argues to remove marker 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z In February 1865, two months before his final surrender, General Robert E. Lee endorsed black enlistment and advised, “It would be neither just nor wise...to require them to serve as slaves.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The preponderance of Civil War and Robert E. Lee memorabilia in the Richmond time capsule suggests not just items pertinent to a statue of Lee, but at least a little special pleading. Perspective | Time capsules are more popular than ever, as Americans take history into their own hands 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The Robert E. Lee monument at the Charleston school was placed there in 1947 and is one of several similar markers placed on roads around the state by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Confederate marker fight may send SC and Charleston to court 2022-02-18T05:00:00Z General Ely S. Parker, a Seneca, wrote the surrender document that General Robert E. Lee signed at the end of the war. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “While it is true that General Robert E. Lee served in the War Between the States,” O’Toole wrote, using the pro-Confederacy name for the Civil War mentioned in the law itself. ‘Robert E. Lee is not a war’ SC city argues to remove marker 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z Much of the credit for McClellan’s humiliation belonged to General Robert E. Lee. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z When governments try to strike references to Robert E. Lee from the textbooks, I’ll join you in condemnation. Opinion | Destroying Confederate statues isn’t ‘airbrushing history’ 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z The Newport News-based company took down the city’s Robert E. Lee statue last year, and a shell company associated with it removed more than a dozen of Richmond’s Confederate memorials in 2020. Richmond starts removal of Confederate monument pedestals 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z Robert E. Lee, the chief commander of the Confederate troops, faced a terrible decision when the Civil War broke out. myWorld: Building Our Country 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z More than 500 of the stones came from the granddaddy pedestal of them all, the 40-foot tower that once supported the figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee. The last stands: Richmond starts taking down Confederate statues’ pedestals, too 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z With his trusted subordinates Stonewall Jackson and James Longstreet, Robert E. Lee would frustrate the Union for most of the next three years. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z The Robert E. Lee statue, long a central feature of Richmond and a reminder of the South’s racist and traitorous history, was dismantled in September. Perspective | Federal government facilitates donations to group that praises Confederate traitors 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Confederate statues across the state, including the state’s biggest statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, have fallen one by one since the state overturned decades-old prohibitions on the removal of Confederate war memorials. Va. attorney general overturns 58 historic legal opinions that perpetuated racism 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z Which makes it all the more striking that while Robert E. Lee’s statue has been pulled down from the U.S. Russell building named for segregationist senator remains; decision to change falls to Schumer 2022-01-03T05:00:00Z Included in the transfer would be an enormous statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee that was removed earlier this year, as well as the 40-foot-tall pedestal that held it. Confederate monuments will likely go to Black history museum 2021-12-30T05:00:00Z A second time capsule found underneath the now-dismantled Richmond statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was opened by Virginia state officials Tuesday. The weird history of Abraham Lincoln’s casket photos takes another twist 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Books, money, ammunition, pamphlets, newspapers – these were but a few of the Civil War-era artifacts that conservation experts uncovered in a time capsule found at the site of a Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee monument. Time capsule found at Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee statue site reveals Civil War-era artifacts 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z RICHMOND, Va. — Conservation experts in Virginia’s capital have opened a time capsule - the second this month - found in the remnants of a pedestal that once held a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Experts open time capsule found at Gen. Lee statue site 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z Workers removing chunks of granite that had once supported this city’s Robert E. Lee monument finally found what appears to be an elusive 1887 time capsule shortly before noon on Monday. Second time capsule found under Lee monument in Richmond 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Crews working to remove the pedestal where a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee towered over Richmond for more than a century believe they've found a time capsule that was buried there in 1887. Crews may have found 1887 time capsule in Lee statue base 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z However, is not the melting down of the Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville something akin to burning books or smashing antiquities? Opinion | We don’t condone burning books, so why condone melting statues? 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z Every so often a plane flies overhead trailing pro-Confederate banners, such as “God Bless Robert E. Lee.” Protesters transformed Richmond’s Robert E. Lee memorial. Now they mourn the loss of their most powerful icon of resistance. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z One of the 37 places the report identified was Robert E. Lee Boulevard, which the authors recommended renaming in honor of Toussaint. New Orleans: Push to rename Lee boulevard after Toussaint 2021-12-04T05:00:00Z Washington and Lee, VMI’s neighbor in Lexington, has faced a series of intense debates over its association with Robert E. Lee. From slavery to Jim Crow to George Floyd: Virginia universities face a long racial reckoning 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z To support this memory of “good people on both sides,” two hero cults grew up around Abraham Lincoln in the North and Confederate General Robert E. Lee in the South. Race is a reality Americans are reluctant to examine 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z Then came news reports that white supremacists sought a permit to rally in opposition of the Charlottesville City Council’s vote to remove the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and rename Lee Park. Some Jews see antisemitism and white nationalism becoming less fringe since the 2017 Unite the Right rally 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z There’s another Robert E. Lee connection to the historic house now for sale on Oronoco Street in Alexandria: his in-laws. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Listen up, hearing aid doubters 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z The Montgomery County school system has voted to rename high schools named for Davis and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee — although the names have not yet been changed. Montgomery, Alabama’s capital city, faces fine or lawsuit for dropping Confederate name 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z The Montgomery County school system has voted to rename high schools named for Davis and Confederate General Robert E. Lee — although the names have not yet been changed. Montgomery faces fine lawsuit for dropping Confederate name 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z The Board of Trustees at Washington and Lee University voted earlier this year to keep its name, which partly honors Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate States Army. Georgia university system refuses to rename buildings, insists 'history' teaches 'important lessons' 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z The rally in 2017, which featured extremists carrying torches and chanting racist slogans, was organized as a protest against the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee that has since been dismantled. Jury Finds Rally Organizers Responsible for Charlottesville Violence 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The case stems from the deadly Aug. 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia that was held to oppose the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Partial verdict reached in Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' rally case 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z Landrieu’s doggedness in taking down monuments like the larger-than-life statue of Robert E. Lee towering over St. Charles Avenue was unpopular among some white voters. Landrieu back in spotlight tackling infrastructure, equity 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z And council members debated yet again the fate of the statue of Robert E. Lee that had been removed from public view in July. Four Years After ‘Unite the Right,’ Charlottesville Still Struggles to Move On 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Hundreds of white nationalists descended on Charlottesville on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12, 2017, ostensibly to protest the city’s plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Jury to hear closing arguments in ‘Unite the Right’ trial 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z Mancino said that Maddow “knows better” than to imply “that I’m the next Robert E. Lee, and that I’m instigating a civil war,” referencing the Confederate military leader. Oklahoma Guard commander defends rejecting vaccine mandate as Pentagon warns troops who refuse 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z After the war, during Reconstruction, the federal government created Freedman’s Village — a community where formerly enslaved Black people could live on the Arlington estate of Robert E. Lee. Gentrification and displacement of African Americans in Northern Virginia predates Civil War, report finds 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z Arlington began as a graveyard for Union troops from Virginia battlefields, and the property near the former mansion of Robert E. Lee was designated a national cemetery in 1864. ‘As important now as it was then’: Unknown Soldier hits century mark with tributes, questions 2021-11-09T05:00:00Z Robert E. Lee’s childhood home is up for sale. A Robert E. Lee historical marker vanishes in the dead of night: A whodunnit 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z From George III in Manhattan to Saddam Hussein in Baghdad to Robert E. Lee in New Orleans, one subset of citizens erected a statue to assert a story about a people. Review | Why knocking down statues is a tradition around the world 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z Bloch also brought up an earlier Charlottesville torch march led by Spencer, in May 2017, to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Richard Spencer, questioned in Charlottesville trial, downplays evidence of racist and violent intent 2021-11-05T04:00:00Z That probably prompted Robert E. Lee to spin in his grave — which would be the most productive thing he ever did for his country, living or dead. After defeat in Virginia, Democrats — and America — face a dangerous inflection point 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Unlike Robert E. Lee, these officers remained true to the oath they swore to the Constitution of the United States and drew their swords against their native states. Opinion | Readers critique The Post: These are space tourists — not astronauts 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z The next morning, on Aug. 12, she joined community members outside what she referred to as Emancipation Park, which formerly included a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. She feared she would die at the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally. In court, she faced the white supremacists who were there 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Hundreds of white nationalists descended on Charlottesville on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12, 2017, ostensibly to protest city plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Jury selected for civil trial over Charlottesville rally 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Hundreds of white nationalists descended on Charlottesville on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12, 2017, ostensibly to protest city plans to remove a statute of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. ‘Unite the Right’ rally’s planners accused in civil trial 2021-10-25T04:00:00Z “It’s not a statue of Robert E. Lee or someone like that, it’s just saying that Confederate soldiers died, and it’s just giving them honor for fighting in a war,” the pastor said. Tennessee city adds statue for Black Civil War soldiers 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z The Charlottesville march, known as the “Unite the Right” rally, took place over two days to protest the planned removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee from a downtown park. Victims of Charlottesville Rally Argue the Violence Was Planned 2021-10-24T04:00:00Z Herring criticized Miyares for not supporting the recent removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. After championing gay marriage and battling Trump, Mark Herring says he has more left to do 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee emerges as the sixth most popular individual recorded in their public monuments database, with other Confederate leaders, such as Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis, ranking among the top 15. L.A.'s memorial for 1871 Chinese Massacre will mark a shift in how we honor history 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Lee Street, in the city’s historic Old Town, bears the name of the military family that lived in the neighborhood, including a young Robert E. Lee. Door by door, a push to rename Confederate streets for George Floyd and Breonna Taylor 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z Then came a statue of Stonewall Jackson next door, and two blocks away, a monument to Robert E. Lee. Counties with more Confederate monuments also had more lynchings, study finds 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Herring criticized Miyares more than once over his stance on the debate over the recent removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond. Candidates for Va. attorney general sharpen attacks in what could be final debate 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z “Robert E. Lee: A Life,” Guelzo’s scrupulously measured assessment, is mercifully free of the grandstanding by which many moralists nowadays celebrate themselves by indignantly deploring the shortcomings of those whose behavior offends current sensibilities. Opinion | This scrupulous biography of Robert E. Lee is exactly what the country needs 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Eugene Robinson challenged Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s “military genius” because “he lost the war.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Please have more respect for child-care professionals 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z Massive statue of Robert E. Lee is finally removed in Richmond, Va. A conservative's biography tears down Robert E. Lee. But he'd rather leave the statues up 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The windows will replace a set that honored two Confederate generals, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, with saint-like reverence and had included a Confederate flag. Washington National Cathedral names artist to replace Confederate windows 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Earlier this month, a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed from Richmond, Virginia. South Carolina Supreme Court upholds law banning removal, renaming of war memorials 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z The windows will replace a set that had honored two Confederate generals, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, with saint-like reverence and had included a Confederate flag. Famed cathedral names artist to replace Confederate windows 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Together with the poet and author Elizabeth Alexander, Mr. Marshall will design two stained-glass windows addressing themes of racial justice to replace those that paid tribute to Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. National Cathedral Chooses Artist to Replace Windows Honoring Confederates 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z Crews remove one of the country’s largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Va. A conservative's biography tears down Robert E. Lee. But he'd rather leave the statues up 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z The cathedral has loaned the Robert E. Lee window to the National Museum of African American History and Culture for a new exhibit, “Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies.” Washington National Cathedral names artist to replace Confederate windows 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z County lawmakers had voted last December to change Arlington’s former logo, which shows a stylized version of Arlington House, the Greek Revival-style mansion where Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee lived before the Civil War. Arlington County approves new logo, meant to capture ties to D.C. and Alexandria 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z The cathedral loaned the Robert E. Lee window to the National Museum of African American History and Culture to serve as part of its new exhibit, “Make Good the Promises: Reconstruction and Its Legacies.” Famed cathedral names artist to replace Confederate windows 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z On Sept. 30, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee supervised counterattacks to retake the hard-earned ground. Opinion | Remembering Virginia’s ‘Forgotten 14’ 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z “If I had been wearing a blue uniform and I had Robert E. Lee come into my gun sights,” he says, “I would have killed him.” A conservative's biography tears down Robert E. Lee. But he'd rather leave the statues up 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Page, the Washington bureau chief of USA Today, had a direct question for the candidates about last week’s removal of an enormous statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. Virginia governor’s race: Key takeaways from the 1st debate 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Last Wednesday, a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee was finally removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the old Confederacy. Robert E. Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate "hero" is still important 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z So former president Donald Trump believes “If only we had Robert E. Lee to command our troops in Afghanistan, that disaster would have ended in a complete and total victory many years ago.” Opinion | Mr. Trump and Gen. Lee 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z The effort gained momentum after a deadly white supremacist rally in 2017 in Charlottesville over a Confederate monument of Robert E. Lee, and was further energized by the killing of Mr. Floyd. Squaw Valley Resort, Acknowledging ‘Racist and Sexist’ Name, Changes It 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z When he started his latest biography, “Robert E. Lee: A Life,” back in 2014, “Lee was a different person,” he says. A conservative's biography tears down Robert E. Lee. But he'd rather leave the statues up 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Eugene Robinson, not content with removal of the Robert E. Lee monument, wished to demolish Lee’s reputation as a good person. Opinion | The meaning of the man and the monument 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The controversy over a different statue of Robert E. Lee was also the pretext for the "Unite the Right" rally and its ensuing white supremacist rampage in Charlottesville in August 2017. Robert E. Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate "hero" is still important 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Former president Donald Trump was right: “Except for Gettysburg,” Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee “would have won the war.” Opinion | Mr. Trump and Gen. Lee 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z People in Richmond clapped and cheered on Wednesday as a huge bronze statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed from its place of honor on Monument Avenue. Analysis | Let’s get real about Robert E. Lee and slavery 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “Robert E. Lee raised his hand against the Constitution he’d sworn an oath to defend. I take that seriously.” A conservative's biography tears down Robert E. Lee. But he'd rather leave the statues up 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z “Robert E. Lee is considered by many Generals to be the greatest strategist of them all,” Trump wrote. Opinion | Robert E. Lee was a stone-cold loser 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Just watched as a massive crane took down the magnificent and very famous statue of "Robert E. Lee On His Horse" in Richmond, Virginia. Robert E. Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate "hero" is still important 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Republican Missouri state Rep. Tony Lovasco suggested dismantling monuments to former President Abraham Lincoln in light of a longstanding statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee being removed this week. ‘Reprehensible’ Lincoln’s statue should be removed too, suggested Missouri Republican lawmaker 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z The truth about Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee: He wasn't very good at his job. Analysis | Let’s get real about Robert E. Lee and slavery 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z He refused to endorse the wholesale removal of Confederate statues, including those of Robert E. Lee. A conservative's biography tears down Robert E. Lee. But he'd rather leave the statues up 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z What an embarrassment we are suffering because we don’t have the genius of a Robert E. Lee!” Opinion | Robert E. Lee was a stone-cold loser 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee is considered by many Generals to be the greatest strategist of them all. Robert E. Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate "hero" is still important 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z On Wednesday, Virginia took down a statue of Robert E. Lee, the South’s Civil War general, from Monument Avenue, where it had stood since 1890. Buffalo Soldiers, the Famed Black Cavalry, Get a Statue at West Point 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee personally inherited “three or four families” of enslaved people from his mother upon her death in 1829, when he was in his early 20s, according to the American Civil War Museum. Analysis | Let’s get real about Robert E. Lee and slavery 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Regarding the Sept. 7 Metro article “Robert E. Lee statue to be removed Wednesday”: Opinion | The removal of Richmond’s Lee statue 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z “No one has lost more completely in American history than Robert E. Lee,” Seidule said. Opinion | Robert E. Lee was a stone-cold loser 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee instead chose the other side because of his great love of Virginia, and except for Gettysburg, would have won the war. Robert E. Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate "hero" is still important 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z This week, Sears celebrated the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond. GOP nominee for Virginia lieutenant governor drops staff before election 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “Just watched as a massive crane took down the magnificent and very famous statue of ‘Robert E. Lee On His Horse,’ ” former president Donald Trump wrote in a statement. Opinion | Robert E. Lee’s statue is gone. Now can we dismantle the myth, too? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The issue became more enflamed after former President Trump expressed sympathy for the defenders of Robert E. Lee, signaling that there were “some very fine people” on both sides of the protest. Confederate statues quiet issue in Virginia governor’s race, signaling shift from four years ago 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee was a former superintendent of West Point. Pentagon offers public chance to rename military bases honoring the Confederacy 2021-09-07T04:00:00Z If only we had Robert E. Lee to command our troops in Afghanistan, that disaster would have ended in a complete and total victory many years ago. Robert E. Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate "hero" is still important 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The Gen. Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond — the nation’s largest remaining Confederate statue and subject of much litigation — has a departure date: Wednesday. Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond to be removed Wednesday 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z “If only we had Robert E. Lee to command our troops in Afghanistan, that disaster would have ended in a complete and total victory many years ago.” Opinion | Robert E. Lee’s statue is gone. Now can we dismantle the myth, too? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z This allowed Confederate commander Robert E. Lee, with a smaller force, to outmaneuver Union troops. Opinion | Joe Manchin would be foolish to indefinitely hold up the reconciliation bill 2021-09-06T04:00:00Z Few were as prominent as the towering bronze likeness of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate commander, which has gazed down since 1890 from a traffic circle on Richmond’s Monument Avenue. Opinion | Two recent decisions put Virginia on the right side of history and morality 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z What an embarrassment we are suffering because we don't have the genius of a Robert E. Lee! Robert E. Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate "hero" is still important 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly reported the dates of the General Assembly resolution and the deed giving the Robert E. Lee statue site to the state. Virginia Supreme Court clears way for Lee statue in Richmond to come down 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z It also cleared the way to rename roads and highways honoring Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee. Opinion | The great policies being adopted in blue America 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The previous logo included a picture of the famous carving of Confederate President Jefferson Davis and generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. Logo for Georgia’s Stone Mountain omits Confederate image 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z Last month, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in Virginia created a task force to weigh potentially renaming local roads named for Jackson and another Confederate general, Robert E. Lee. Charlotte, N.C., to rename streets honoring Confederate leaders 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z There were numerous essays, op-eds and commentaries proclaiming Trump to be ignorant of history because of his lack of knowledge about Robert E. Lee, himself a slave-owner and leader of an evil and defeated cause. Robert E. Lee and the Trumpists: Why a Confederate "hero" is still important 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z When Marta Merlos of El Salvador moved there in 1995 to work on Tyson’s lines, her son, then in the first grade, was one of only 10 Latino children at Robert E. Lee Elementary. Decline in Immigration Threatens Growth of Regions on the Rise 2021-08-10T04:00:00Z In Fairfax, the effort is focused on Lee Highway and on Lee-Jackson Highway, which are named for generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Virginia contends with Confederate names on side streets 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z In Charlottesville, Virginia, a larger-than-life figure of Gen. Robert E. Lee was recently carted away by truck — nearly four years after a deadly, racist rally there. What follows Confederate statues? 1 Mississippi city’s fight 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z She also claimed it did not pay enough attention to American figures, including Confederate leader Robert E. Lee and inventor Thomas Edison. Gary B. Nash, UCLA historian who shaped American history curriculum, dies 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z Harlan never thought of Kentucky as Robert E. Lee thought of Virginia, as his “country.” Opinion | Pursuing ‘equity’ over equality reveals the nation’s moral regression 2021-07-30T04:00:00Z He was the first Northern Virginian to become governor since Robert E. Lee’s nephew, Fitzhugh Lee, won 96 years earlier, though he had decamped for Stafford County by then. Political opponents, yes, but Virginia’s gubernatorial candidates share a taste for pricey Zip codes 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z Air Force veteran elected to office in 2020, showed her support for Confederate Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson first on Twitter and then on other social networks. ‘Traitors’: Ariz. Republican slams Cleveland Indians for name change, praises Confederate generals 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z An advisory citizens group was commissioned to consider alternatives for the roadway, named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee a century ago. Opinion | John M. Langston left an enduring legacy. His name was the right choice to replace Lee Highway. 2021-07-19T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee was against monuments to the Civil War. Opinion | Gen. Lee would approve of his statues coming down 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Speaking of a monument erected in Richmond to the Confederate general Robert E. Lee, Mr. Mitchell said that it would “ultimately result in handing down to generations unborn a legacy of treason and blood.” Opinion | How the White Press Wrote Off Black America 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z Work to remove the statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee began early Saturday morning. Robert E. Lee statue removed in Charlottesville 2021-07-10T04:00:00Z “Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson led an insurrection to preserve slavery. Pretty sure that meets the definition of traitor,” agreed Andrew Weinstein, current co-chair of the Democratic Lawyers Council. ‘Traitors’: Ariz. Republican slams Cleveland Indians for name change, praises Confederate generals 2021-07-24T04:00:00Z Charlottesville, Virginia, announced Friday it will finally remove its monuments to two former Confederate Army generals, Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, starting Saturday. Charlottesville plans to dismantle Confederate monuments Saturday 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Charlottesville said in a news release that the equestrian statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, as well as a nearby one of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, will be removed Saturday. Charlottesville set to remove Lee statue that sparked rally 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Charlottesville said in a news release that the equestrian statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee as well as a nearby one of Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson will be removed Saturday. Charlottesville to remove Confederate monuments 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Charlottesville said in a news release that the equestrian statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee as well as a nearby one of Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson will be removed Saturday. Charlottesville to remove Confederate monuments Saturday 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z Alabama and Mississippi still pair King’s birthday with the birthday of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. July 4, Juneteenth and the meaning of national holidays 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z Virginia, for example, recalled its statue of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general, last year and plans to replace it with one of the civil rights leader Barbara Johns. House Votes to Purge Confederate Statues From the Capitol 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z Early this month, Washington and Lee University, despite calls to drop its reference to Confederate leader Robert E. Lee, decided to keep its name. George Washington University renames student center following outcry 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z One statue already gone from the Capitol is that of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which was removed from the National Statuary Hall Collection last year at the request of Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam. House looks to remove Roger Taney bust, Confederate statues 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z The Springfield school, previously known as Robert E. Lee High, last won a state title in a team sport in 1990. Yorktown boys’ soccer uses a big second half to vault into the Class 6 championship game 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z Lewis, which changed its name from Robert E. Lee High last summer, has not won a state championship in any team sport in three decades. Lewis, a renamed school with a renewed soccer program, will vie for a Virginia state title this week 2021-06-20T04:00:00Z The corridors, previously known as Falls Church Road, was only renamed after Robert E. Lee in the 1920s. Arlington poised to rename Lee Highway after John M. Langston, a trail-blazing Black abolitionist congressman 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z This was some two years after the Emancipation Proclamation and two months after Gen. Robert E. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox. What Juneteenth means to me: novelist Paula Woods on the holiday's history and her own 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The riot occurred as protesters gathered for and against the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Supreme Court rejects case challenging ‘Unite the Right’ riot convictions 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee lived for many years in Arlington County. Virginia county plans to rename Lee Highway for abolitionist 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z With perhaps the exception of the Klan, there may have been no greater foe of Black enfranchisement than Washington College President Robert E. Lee. Opinion | What Washington and Lee has embraced 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z The National Park Service has reopened Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial following a $12.35 million rehabilitation made possible by a donation from philanthropist David M. Rubenstein to the National Park Foundation. Inside the Beltway: Political staffers have a say on power, midterm elections 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z This house became the residence of Robert E. Lee and his family before the Civil War. National Park Service reopens Arlington House, Robert E. Lee’s home, after $12.3M renovation 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z In August 2017, officials in Charlottesville, Virginia, rescinded a permit for far-right groups to rally downtown in support of a statue to Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the ACLU Faces an Identity Crisis 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, will keep its name after the board of trustees of the private liberal arts college rejected an effort to reconsider paying homage to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Washington & Lee to keep name; trustees ‘regret’ school’s past ‘veneration of the Confederacy’ 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z I think what the board is saying is that the values of Robert E. Lee are still the values of the university. Washington and Lee University to keep its name, despite calls to drop reference to Confederate leader 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z The effort — which former President Trump vehemently opposed — began as a look at 10 Army bases that bear the name of famous Confederate officers such as Robert E. Lee. Dorms, streets, plaques: Push to erase Confederacy from U.S. military history expands dramatically 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z In Charlottesville, activists at the Unite the Right rally in 2017 chanted “Jews will not replace us!” as they protested the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. U.S. Faces Outbreak of Anti-Semitic Threats and Violence 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z Completed after several decades in 1972, the monument consists of a massive rock carving of three Confederate leaders on horseback: Jefferson Davis, Gen. Robert E. Lee and Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. Stone Mountain Park board votes to relocate Confederate flags, address KKK connection 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The cemetery was established during the Civil War on the grounds of Arlington House, the confiscated estate of Confederate commander Robert E. Lee. Arlington National Cemetery ready for the public on Memorial Day, easing COVID-19 protocols 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Beyond the sculpture, the park is packed with references to the Confederacy: There are boulevards named for Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson and a drive named for Confederate war heroes. Giant Confederate Monument Will Remain at Revamped Stone Mountain 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Capitol, including one of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the commander of the Confederate army. Review | The campaign to erect Confederate statues — and preserve Confederate values 2021-05-19T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee was born in 1807 at Stratford Hall, the family estate in Virginia owned by a succession of Lees instrumental in the politics of the early Republic. Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z White nationalists were protesting the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Right-wing think tank ordered to pay man hurt at rally $2.4M 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z In Richmond, another city upended by months of demonstrations, a crowd of about 20 people gathered near the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue to celebrate and wave a multicolored Black Lives Matter flag. In D.C., the guilty verdict in Chauvin trial is met with cheers, tears and relief 2021-04-20T04:00:00Z He has kept a picture of the Confederate general Robert E. Lee in his office, and has also sought to remove the Confederate battle flag symbol that once adorned the Georgia state flag. Vernon Jones, a Pro-Trump Republican, Will Challenge Kemp in Georgia 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z The centerpiece of Stone Mountain Park, the state’s most popular tourist attraction, is a carving of three Confederate figures, Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Stone Mountain Village to hold 1st Juneteenth celebration 2021-04-10T04:00:00Z “There are members in my family who are shaking in their boots. I’m sure my ancestor Robert E. Lee is rolling in his grave, and I say, let him roll,” Lee told a crowd. Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Walker won her seat just months after torch-bearing white supremacists swarmed the city in 2017 to protest the council’s plans to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a downtown park. Charlottesville mayor says graphic poem illustrates Black experience in city 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z “The blacks are immeasurably better off here than in Africa, morally, socially and physically,” Robert E. Lee wrote five years before choosing to fight for slavery. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z Virginia removed from its Capitol the busts and a statue honoring Confederate generals and officials, including a bronze statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Maryland votes to nix state song, a Confederate call to arms 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z Author of Pulitzer Prize-winning biographies of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and President George Washington, Freeman was a public intellectual whose writings influenced the glorification of the Confederacy as the “Lost Cause.” Uproar erupts at U. of Richmond over building names with ties to racism 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z But there is no evidence that Rob Lee, who was born in North Carolina, is related to Robert E. Lee, according to The Fact Checker’s review of historical and genealogical records. Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Hundreds of white nationalists had descended on the city in part to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Charlottesville mayor’s poem about city, racism ‘hits nerve’ 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z The city’s plan to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from a downtown park led to the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017. In graphic poem, Charlottesville mayor compares her city to a rapist 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Military Academy history professor, wrote in his book “Robert E. Lee and Me.” Army continues to honor Confederate unit histories, even as base names draw scrutiny 2021-03-11T05:00:00Z It is hard to imagine an unhealthier addition to a university campus, in 2021, than a fraternity that “looks to Robert E. Lee for spiritual guidance.” Editorial Roundup: Indiana 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z Rob Lee may have firmly believed he was somehow related to Robert E. Lee, based on stories he heard at home about “Uncle Bob.” Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z The petition was filed by the same plaintiffs who are fighting the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue that sits on state property. Richmond monuments case could go to Virginia Supreme Court 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z All because they refused to sing a song that was historically performed at minstrel shows that featured performers in blackface and was said to be inspired by a quote by Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Longhorns supporters threaten university, players over 'Eyes of Texas' controversy 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z And in December, a Virginia advisory committee recommended that a statue of Johns replace a statue of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. A civil rights hero lacked a historical marker. Then a class of Virginia fourth-graders spoke up. 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z One, in Virginia, held a monument to Jefferson Davis; others held memorials to Confederate soldiers in Florida, North Carolina, and Alabama; another bore a statue of Robert E. Lee, in Alabama. Bust of Black hero of Lewis & Clark trip goes up in Portland 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z But, without new evidence that confirms his claim, the pastor should not state he is related to Robert E. Lee, especially in legal filings — and news organizations should not echo this claim. Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In December, a statue of Robert E. Lee that Virginia had contributed as one of its two pieces in the U.S. Nearly 170 Confederate symbols taken down in 2020: SPLC 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Capitol last month, some of them gripping Confederate battle flags, they didn’t encounter a statue of the most famous rebel general, Robert E. Lee. Southern Poverty: 160 Confederate symbols taken down in 2020 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Capitol last month, some of them gripping Confederate battle flags, they didn’t encounter a statue of the most famous rebel general, Robert E. Lee. SPLC: 160 Confederate monuments taken down last year 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z If the presidency were excluded from the provision, former Confederate president Jefferson Davis and the Confederacy’s top military commander, Robert E. Lee, would have been barred from most offices but not the presidency, he said. EXPLAINER: After acquittal, Trump 2024? Maybe not so fast 2021-02-18T05:00:00Z “As a descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s family, I have borne the weight and responsibility of that lineage.” Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In January 1872, Jubal Early, a former Confederate corps commander, delivered an address at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., to honor Robert E. Lee, who had recently died. Review | A Southerner who abandoned the Lost Cause 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z Until 2018, the state commemorated Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s birthday on the same day as Martin Luther King Jr. GOP states weigh limits on how race and slavery are taught 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z At Market Street Park in downtown Charlottesville, one of several gathering places in the city where infamous scenes of neo-Nazis were broadcast throughout the world, the statue of Robert E. Lee still remains. Charlottesville Inspired Biden to Run. Now It Has a Message for Him. 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day were established by the Legislature, while Confederate Heritage Month is made each year by a proclamation of the Governor. Editorial Roundup: Mississippi 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z On his website, Rob Lee describes himself as “a descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee.” Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z It’s difficult to imagine a more timely book than “Robert E. Lee and Me.” Review | A Southerner who abandoned the Lost Cause 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z The rally focused on the city’s planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Group to pay $10K to Charlottesville car attack survivor 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z Also participating will be the Rev. Robert Wright Lee IV, a North Carolina pastor who is a descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, and popular evangelical writer Jen Hatmaker. Civil rights leader Rev. William Barber to deliver homily at official inaugural prayer service 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z After the rally, a local right-wing activist urged gun rights supporters to converge on a nearby monument to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, a Virginia native, in the city’s historic Fan District. Tense Virginia gun rally draws everyone from Proud Boys to Black Panthers — many armed 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z At an appearance in Tulsa in 2020, he suggested that he was connected to Robert E. Lee because he is a direct descendant of Lee’s older brother, Charles Carter Lee. Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z In 2017, neo-Nazis and other white supremacists carried the battle flag when they marched in Charlottesville, Virginia, seeking to prevent the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The Confederate battle flag: Longtime symbol of white insurrection 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z Robert E. Lee and “Stonewall” Jackson have long filled the public landscape, most notably in southern states. Who owns America’s history? The answer will define what replaces fallen monuments. 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z To one side, an enormous white figure of Robert E. Lee lying supine under sculpted drapery. Richmond sculptor Edward Valentine created many of the statues that defined Lost Cause mythology. Now his family’s museum is confronting the legacy. 2020-12-31T05:00:00Z Lucas Morel, a Lincoln scholar and professor of politics at Washington and Lee University, has publicly advocated to keep Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in the name of his workplace. Cancel Abraham Lincoln? San Francisco grapples with the president's legacy 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z So we looked for evidence that Rob is related to Charles Lee or any other brother of Robert E. Lee. Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Virginia removed from its capitol the busts and a statue honoring Confederate generals and officials, including a bronze statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee. Maryland may repeal state song, a Confederate call to arms 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z Capitol, a Robert E. Lee statue from Virginia that has stood for more than a century despite decades of controversy was ousted. Nations grapple with pasts after U.S. protests for racial justice 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Just a few years ago, surrounding the Charlottesville, Virginia, clashes over a Robert E. Lee statue in August 2017, polling showed most Americans didn’t want to see the statues come down. ‘Creating blind spots’: Sculptor says statue removal advocates need reality check 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z Robert E. Lee may be gone, but other Confederate statues survived House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s attempt to oust them from the U.S. Still standing: Pelosi, Democrats fail in bid to clear Confederates from Capitol 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z In his 2019 book “A Sin by Another Name,” Lee says that for as long as he can remember, there was a painting of Robert E. Lee on his grandmother’s den wall. Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee’s 700-pound likeness left the grandeur of the U.S. Removed from U.S. Capitol, Lee statue will be put in context at Va. museum 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z “Are the Cecil Rhodes memorials that arc from Oxford to South Africa, occasioning a ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ movement, really so different from Robert E. Lee statues in the United States?” he said. Nations grapple with pasts after U.S. protests for racial justice 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z In September, a Louisa County, Va., judge ordered the removal of a painting of Robert E. Lee from a courtroom ahead of a murder trial involving an African American defendant. Va. judge rules Black defendant can’t get a fair trial in courtroom largely featuring portraits of White judges 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Earlier this year, a judge ordered a portrait of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee removed from a courtroom in Louisa County. Judge won’t try Black man in courtroom with white portraits 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z The family referred to Robert E. Lee as “Uncle Bob,” Lee writes. Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Wendy Rogers, a Republican state senator-elect for Arizona, lumped praise on Robert E. Lee, calling the late Confederate general a “great patriot” in a series of social media posts made about him Monday. GOP state senator hails ‘great patriot’ Robert E. Lee following removal of statue from U.S. Capitol 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Civil rights leader Barbara Johns might replace Robert E. Lee as a statue in the U.S. Gen. Robert E. Lee statue removed from U.S. Capitol 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Last week, a Virginia advisory committee recommended that a statue of the late Barbara Johns replace that of Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Opinion | A statue of Barbara Johns should replace Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z Colored Troops, overran the Confederate fort at the site on April 9, 1865, the same day Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army at Appomattox Court House. South Alabama Civl War battlefield being preserved 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z As we noted, Rob Lee did not acknowledge our many queries for evidence of his connection to Robert E. Lee. Analysis | This man says he’s related to Robert E. Lee. There’s no evidence. 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Virginia names civil rights pioneer to replace Robert E. Lee statue in U.S. Brady, Bucs hoping to bolster playoff hopes against Falcons 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Custis’s daughter later married Robert E. Lee; they were wed at the home, and Lee managed the property before the Civil War. Arlington House, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s former home, won’t be a symbol of the county for long 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z Letters to the Editor: Robert E. Lee’s statue does not belong in the U.S. Opinion | A statue of Barbara Johns should replace Robert E. Lee in the U.S. Capitol 2020-12-20T05:00:00Z “Robert E. Lee himself opposed erecting Confederate monuments, and the site was chosen to punish his insurrection against the lawful government of the United States,” Mr. Beyer said. Dems push bill to strip Robert E. Lee’s name from Arlington Cemetery mansion 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z Robert E. Lee chose treason to preserve slavery. Opinion | Let Trump try to defend racist, traitorous Confederates. Congress can still prevail. 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Culture wars have been roiling around statues since 2017, when officials in Charlottesville, Virginia, said they would remove a statue memorializing Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy’s top general. Is Margaret Thatcher’s Hometown Ready to Put Her on a Pedestal? 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The newspaper said the presentation instructed cadets to “meet violence with greater violence” and included three quotes from Hitler and a quote from Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Kentucky police head resigns after report on old training 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z A political rally on Sunday led to confrontations between Trump supporters and protesters at a Robert E. Lee monument in Virginia, according to reports. Trump supporters, protesters clash at Robert E. Lee monument in Virginia 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z Another pro-Trump convoy in Virginia ended in a tense shouting match with protesters as it approached a statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond. Trump Backers Block Highways as Election Tensions Play Out in the Streets 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z Fort Lee, also in Virginia, is of course named for Robert E. Lee. Opinion | Let Trump try to defend racist, traitorous Confederates. Congress can still prevail. 2020-11-29T05:00:00Z Quotes from various sources, attributed and otherwise, appear throughout the presentation, ranging from Hitler and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, to Gandhi, Sun Tzu and others, including the comic book character Batman. Student reporters uncover Kentucky police training document that quoted Hitler 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z It was also the place of death of former Virginia Gov. Henry Lee III, father of the Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Climate Helped Turn These 5 Places into Ghost Towns 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z A group of Virginia residents on Thursday filed a notice of appeal seeking to overturn a judge’s ruling that allows Gov. Ralph Northam to remove a statue of Confederate icon Robert E. Lee. Va. residents appeal judge’s ruling that allows governor to remove Robert E. Lee statue 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z Tucked inside the dense, two-year spending plan was language stating that the Department of General Services, at the direction of the governor, “shall remove and store the Robert E. Lee Monument or any part thereof.” Northam can remove Lee statue in Richmond, judge rules 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z The school was named for founding father George Washington, an early benefactor, and Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Community divided over Washington and Lee University’s name 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z None other than Robert E. Lee, then a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Review | Abraham Lincoln and John Brown: Imperfect heroes of the fight to end slavery 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Members of New York's Congressional delegation wrote the Army asking that street signs with the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson at Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn be changed. Why a top Pentagon civilian just lost his job 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z He was walking by the graffiti-covered statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue when his phone buzzed. Scarred by two shootings, would firing a gun help him heal or wound him again? 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z Library staff will also “remove and relocate collectibles” throughout the library system including a 1930s/1940s photo of Morrison’s farm and a lithograph of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in the Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room. Library removes name of white supremacist from branch 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z Also included is a provision dealing with the planned storage and removal of the historic Robert E. Lee statue in Richmond. Virginia lawmakers pass new budget amid coronavirus pandemic 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z In August, the city of Lexington filed a lawsuit against Davidson County and the Robert E. Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy to authorize permanent removal of the Confederate statue. North Carolina city removes Confederate statue from uptown 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z That makes it sound like Robert E. Lee’s horse, Traveller. Perspective | Answer Man continues to time travel in Travilah, playing the name game 2020-10-10T04:00:00Z Jefferson also said that in the months following the death of George Floyd in police custody, she has seen more people visit the area around the Robert E. Lee statue. Black Lives Matter renews looks at Richmond’s Black culture 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z The discussion falls in the wake of years-long efforts to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee from the city. Charlottesville discusses removal of statue of Sacagawea 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z A ring of cedars surrounded a stone obelisk honoring Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. Reckoning in a small town: Civil War meets civil rights in the ‘Last Capital of the Confederacy’ 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z After the Civil War, the War Department turned Robert E. Lee's Arlington, Virginia, estate into a military cemetery, burying Union soldiers as close to the Custis-Lee mansion as possible. Trump's resort business is collapsing — is that why he pushed to reopen the economy? 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z A committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday to narrow down the list of proposed new names for an elementary school in Jackson that is currently named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Another Mississippi school removing its Confederate name 2020-09-28T04:00:00Z Purportedly there to protest the planned removal of a Robert E. Lee statue, they carried torches and chanted slogans including “blood and soil” and “you will not replace us” laden with Klan and Nazi symbolism. Allegations of racism have marked Trump’s presidency and become key issue as election nears 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson and the history of monument installations and removals in Wyman Park Dell. In Baltimore, Harriet Tubman honored where Confederate statues once stood 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z “And he was getting beaten a lot by Robert E. Lee.” Trump tells Minnesota rally ‘great general’ Robert E. Lee ‘would have won except for Gettysburg’ 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z Protesters also objected to a menu item named for Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Omaha protest leader held on $1 million bail in sex case 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Robert E. Lee Street is named after the Confederate general who led the uprising against the United States in the Civil War. Phoenix to rename Robert E. Lee, Squaw Peak street names 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The Custis-Lee mansion, also known as Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, was a sore point even during the Civil War. Arlington’s county symbol, an image of Confederate Gen. Lee’s mansion, may be history 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Of that toll, more than 28,000 were in Gen. Robert E. Lee’s army. Man captures Gettysburg ‘ghosts’ in spine-tingling video during tour of Civil War site 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Lawyers for victims of the Charlottesville violence sued several rally organizers and participants, who claimed to be protesting the city’s planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Arrest warrant issued for neo-Nazi podcaster in lawsuit 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z At the turn of the 20th century, leaders of a small Virginia town commissioned a life-size painting of Robert E. Lee to fill the back wall of its circuit courtroom. Virginia judge orders Robert E. Lee portrait removed from courtroom ahead of murder trial 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z There is a long list of suggestions for Robert E. Lee Street. Phoenix to rename Robert E. Lee, Squaw Peak street names 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Back in 1924, the memorial was dedicated on Jan. 19, in honor of the birthday of Confederate Army Gen. Robert E. Lee. Key West to consider name change for Confederate memorial 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z Apart from the Robert E. Lee, the “Working Man’s breakfast” was the only other named meal on the menu. The Battle Over Biscuits and Gravy at the 11-Worth Cafe 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Several historical figures such as Christopher Columbus, Andrew Jackson and Robert E. Lee have come under scrutiny for years due to historical injustices they incurred on Native Americans and Blacks in the U.S. Trump administration slams proposal to alter historical DC monuments, says mayor should be ‘ashamed’ 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z Your average White teenager in the South looks to Black rap stars as cultural icons more than to Robert E. Lee. Opinion | No, Wisconsin won’t make Democrats lose 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z Fairfax County voted for a new name for Robert E. Lee High. Across South, a push to change Confederate school names 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z I am not Black, but I keenly remember the discomfort and inexplicable shame I often felt while attending my freshman-year public high school, Robert E. Lee, in Tyler, Texas. Rethinking Who and What Get Memorialized 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Mr. Thomsen, who is white, barely recalled seeing the name of Robert E. Lee alongside the dish. The Battle Over Biscuits and Gravy at the 11-Worth Cafe 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, the grandest statue of all — to Gen. Robert E. Lee — remains on state property on Monument Avenue. Virginia Supreme Court throws out injunction against Richmond’s removal of Confederate statues 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z He was clearly speaking of the promoters and the protestors of the Robert E. Lee statue — the primary players in the event. Pence gets tangled in the flag 2020-08-27T04:00:00Z Prosecutors said Richmond Police officers spotted “a caravan” of three trucks driving recklessly near the Robert E. Lee Monument on June 12 and pulled one of the trucks over. Suspect pleads guilty to having firearms at Lee statue clash 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z Ten years later, in 1831, Mary Anna Custis married Robert E. Lee there, too, in the house where they raised their seven children. At Arlington House, a push to remove Robert E. Lee’s name from the home he once occupied 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Online reviews of the restaurant once raved about the Robert E. Lee’s signature gravy. The Battle Over Biscuits and Gravy at the 11-Worth Cafe 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Hundreds of white nationalists descended on Charlottesville in August 2017 in part to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Court finds parts of anti-riot law violate free speech 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Custis’ daughter later married Robert E. Lee; they were wed at the home, and Lee managed the property for a number of years before the Civil War. Congressman seeks to end park’s designation as Lee memorial 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z After it’s removed, the monument will be returned to either the Robert E. Lee Chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy or the county. North Carolina city sues to remove Confederate statue 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z He would like the Syphaxes to sit down with the descendants of Robert E. Lee, whose wife was the half sister of Maria Carter Syphax. At Arlington House, a push to remove Robert E. Lee’s name from the home he once occupied 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Hundreds of white supremacists gathered in Charlottesville in August 2017 in part to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. Court denies 2 appeals in Charlottesville rally beating 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z A circuit court judge in Virginia Monday imposed an injunction barring the state from dismantling a 21-foot-high statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Richmond. Virginia judge imposes injunction barring removal of Robert E. Lee statue 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z The home, overlooking the nation’s capital and surrounded by Arlington National Cemetery, is a National Park Service site officially known as “Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial.” Congressman seeks to end park’s designation as Lee memorial 2020-08-20T04:00:00Z Richmond police said they are investigating after an assault-style rifle and ammunition were recovered near a statue of Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue. Local digest: Pregnant woman fatally shot in Howard County, baby delivered, police say 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z In 1972, Congress passed a law that gave the mansion yet another name: Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial. At Arlington House, a push to remove Robert E. Lee’s name from the home he once occupied 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Only the grandest and oldest monument in the city - to Gen. Robert E. Lee, which towers 60 feet over state-owned land - remains while its future is debated in court. Across Virginia, officials weigh removing Confederate icons 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z He was Gen. Robert E. Lee’s most effective commander, the only Confederate general to win battles in the Eastern and Western theaters of the Civil War. Opinion | Where are all the statues of James Longstreet? 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z The arrests happened Thursday morning as authorities confiscated tents, chairs, and other items near the statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue, news outlets reported. Police: 2 assaulted officers near Confederate statue 2020-07-31T04:00:00Z The family of George Floyd on Tuesday attended an unveiling of a high-tech memorial to the slain Black man projected over the Robert E. Lee statue on Richmond's Monument Avenue. George Floyd hologram projected in front of Robert E. Lee statue in Virginia 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z And in Virginia, a life-sized statue of Robert E. Lee and six busts of his fellow confederates were removed from the state capitol building late last week. Illinois Editorial Roundup: 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Grace Episcopal Church downtown dropped Robert E. Lee from its name in 2017, and last year the local Boy Scout council changed its name from the Stonewall Jackson Area Council to the Virginia Headwaters Council. A Liberal Town Built Around Confederate Generals Rethinks Its Identity 2020-07-26T04:00:00Z Only the grandest and oldest monument in the city — to Gen. Robert E. Lee, which towers 60 feet over state-owned land — remains while its future is debated in court. Across Virginia, local officials weigh taking down reminders of Confederate legacy 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z A life-size statue of General Robert E. Lee along with the busts of eight of his Confederate colleagues were removed from Virginia's Capitol late Thursday and early Friday. Robert E. Lee statue, eight Confederate busts removed from Virginia Capitol 2020-07-24T04:00:00Z |
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