Your history lesson for the day.
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 wa between the states 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 burning. 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.
Lee was 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.
WILL THE P.C. POLICE WANT TO TEAR THAT UP ALSO ??
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