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Confederate General Robert E. Lee - The man
retroxler58
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Not sure about all these facts... But pretty damn interesting.
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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 War of Northern Aggression 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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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 War of Northern Aggression 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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Not sure about all these facts... But pretty damn interesting.
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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 War of Northern Aggression 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??
Is this your work and do I have permission to spread it around?
I would also like to add to this
Barrack Obama broke US Flag code by flying the flag at half staff for a crack head who OD'd. But our war heroes are dishonored.
The US government did seize Lee's farm, Arlington Place, for a cemetery. The Lee family ended up suing the government to get it back and after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Lee family it was returned. The Lee family then sold it back to the US government
quote:Originally posted by retroxler58
Not sure about all these facts... But pretty damn interesting.
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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 War of Northern Aggression 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??
Is this your work and do I have permission to spread it around?
I would also like to add to this
Barrack Obama broke US Flag code by flying the flag at half staff for a crack head who OD'd. But our war heroes are dishonored.
Not my work at all... But it did come to me by way of email from a trusted friend. I doubt it's his either, so I'd be unconcerned 'bout spreading the information. Go for it!
General Robert E. Lee's memory will go on into infinity and beyond!