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This article is about the home of Robert E. Lee. For Arlington Historic House near downtown Birmingham, Alabama, see Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens. Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Memorial Arlington House at Arlington National Cemetery Location Arlington County, Virginia ...
University Chapel (formerly Lee Chapel) of Washington and Lee University is a National Historic Landmark in Lexington, Virginia. It was constructed during 1867–68 at the request of Robert E. Lee, who was president of the school (then known as Washington College), and after whom the university is, in part, named. The Victorian brick architectural design was probably the work of Lee's son ...
List of memorials to Robert E. Lee. Robert E. Lee, a statue given to the National Statuary Hall by Virginia in 1909 (removed in favor of Barbara Rose Johns in 2020) [1] The following is a partial list of monuments and memorials to Robert E. Lee, who served as General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States in 1865.
By BRETT ZONGKER ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - A historic house and plantation that was home to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and 63 slaves will be restored to its historical appearance after a $12.3 ...
An 1875 almanac, a cloth envelope and a silver coin were found in a time capsule that lay hidden beneath a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
Robert E. Lee. Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was an American Confederate general during the American Civil War, toward the end of which he was appointed the overall commander of the Confederate States Army. He led the Army of Northern Virginia —the Confederacy's most powerful army—from 1862 until its surrender in ...
On "Antiques Roadshow," a very special map and signed photograph of General Robert E. Lee turned out to be worth a big chunk of change. The appraiser said, "I think as a set, in a retail situation ...
The first of these was a legislative proposal by Representative Hamilton Fish III in 1935 to erect a statue of Robert E. Lee somewhere in the cemetery. [188] The UDC had previously sought to erect a statue of Lee near Arlington House about 1900, but abandoned this plan to pursue the Confederate Memorial.