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Old 09-26-2017, 05:43 AM   #1
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Default A History Lesson - General Robert E. Lee

Robert E Lee was married to George Washington's granddaughter.

He worked with Grant during the Mexican-American war and became a
decorated war hero defending this country.

He believed slavery was a great evil and his wife broke the law by
teaching slaves to read and write.

After the civil war he worked with Andrew Johnson's program of reconstruction.

He became very popular with the northern states and the Barracks at
West Point were named in his honor in 1962.

He was a great man who served this country his entire life in some
form or other.

His memorial is now being called a blight.

No American military veteran should be treated as such.

People keep yelling, "You can't change history." Sadly you can.

This is no better than book burnings. ISIS tried rewriting history by
destroying historical artifacts. Is that really who we want to
emulate?
As they tear down this "blight" keep these few historical facts in your mind.

No military veteran and highly decorated war hero should ever be
treated as such. This is not Iraq and that is not a statue of Sadam.

IN ADDITION: Lee was also very torn about the prospect of the South
leaving the Union.

His wife's grandfather George Washington was a huge influence on him.

He believed that ultimately, states' rights trumped the federal
government and chose to lead the Southern army.

His estate, Arlington, near Washington DC was his home and while away
fighting the war, the federal government demanded that Lee himself pay
his taxes in person.

He sent his wife but the money was not accepted from a woman.

When he could not pay the taxes, the government began burying dead
Union soldiers on his land.

The government is still burying people there today.

It is now called Arlington National Cemetery.

DO THEY WANT TO TEAR THAT UP ALSO??
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Old 09-26-2017, 07:50 AM   #2
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The burial at Arlington was done so Lee could never use the house again. Also, the Arlington house was used as a hospital. The Arlington house is known as the Robert E. Lee Memorial.

https://www.nps.gov/arho/index.htm
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Old 09-26-2017, 02:51 PM   #3
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History is history. It's important. Leave it alone, you Liberal panty waist a** holes!
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Thumbs down Leave these memorials alone!

iagree Kansas!
I had no idea all he had done!
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