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Robert E. Lee opposed Confederate monuments


How did Schuylkill County Civil War soldiers feel about Confederate ...

Schuylkill County Civil War veterans took a stand against the construction of a Robert E. Lee monument at Gettysburg in 1903.

Whose Heritage? Public Symbols of the Confederacy (Third edition)

Most Confederate memorials in the United States today don't commemorate a specific individual (722). But of the ones that do, Robert E. Lee (235) ...

Confederate monuments spark debate about history - ABC News

The carving honors three Confederate figures in the Civil War -- Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate states, and Generals Robert E.

At Washington and Lee, complicated debate about Robert E. Lee

Amid renewed push against Confederate monuments, Washington and Lee University says being named after the Confederacy's top military leader ...

Monumental Battle - The New York Times Upfront - Scholastic

Charlottesville: White supremacists march to oppose the removal of a Robert E. Lee statue in August. ... against the removal of Confederate monuments.

'Long time coming': Charlottesville removes Robert E Lee statue

A statue of Confederate General Robert E Lee has been taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, nearly four years after white supremacist protests.

Massive statue of Robert E. Lee is finally removed in Richmond, Va.

Massive statue of Robert E. Lee is finally removed in Richmond, Va. · Workers remove the monument of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on ...

Uncle Sam's Dilemma: Whether Prioritizing Confederate Memorials ...

Valla, for being my number one fan and for inspiring me to attend law school. 1 Lisa Desjardins, Robert E. Lee Opposed Confederate Monuments, ...

Confederate Monuments: Southern Heritage or Southern Art?

Two of the most discussed monuments to Robert E. Lee, located in Richmond and Charlottesville, Virginia, are both at the center of highly contested public ...

Confederate Monument Controversy in New Orleans - AAG

This was the day that the most prominent of the four monuments, the Robert E. Lee northward facing bronzed statue, would be removed from its 60- ...

Robert E. Lee statue that prompted deadly protest in ... - YouTube

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was a focal point of a deadly white nationalist protest in 2017 has been melted down and ...

Robert E. Lee Statue Removed in Richmond — Debate Over ...

On Wednesday September 8th, a massive bronze statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was removed from its pedestal on Monument Avenue in ...

Few Americans Want to Leave Confederate Monuments as They Are ...

... Confederate Memorial Day or Robert E. Lee's birthday (63% vs. 31 ... Strong opposition to monument reform—the belief that Confederate monuments ...

The Summer the Confederate Monuments Came Crashing Down

In Richmond, the Lee statue, erected in 1890, was meant to directly echo a statue of George Washington built before the Civil War and to ...

Understanding the Deeper Meaning of Robert E. Lee Monument ...

On Wednesday, the city of Richmond, Virginia, removed its memorial to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, one of the country's largest Confederate monuments.

For 150 years, Black journalists have known what Confederate ...

The first truly national Confederate monument was the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond. It was unveiled before an audience of as many as ...

Museum - Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial (U.S. ...

In the months leading up to the war, Lee said that he could not raise arms against the United States. He stated he did not approve of secession.

Despite Charlottesville violence, U.S. cities vow to remove ... - CBC

A rally by white nationalists protesting plans to remove a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee, commander of the pro-slavery Confederate army in the ...

Robert E. Lee: The Eternal General

Following the conclusion of the Civil War, various individuals and groups sought to erect monuments and sculptures of General Lee in order to preserve his ...

These Confederate statues were removed. But where did they go?

Robert E. Lee would be taken down, along with four other statues depicting Confederate figures, from a 2-mile stretch of Monument Avenue. The ...