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Pages in category "Monuments and memorials to Robert E. Lee" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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.
In April 1874, Robert E. Lee and Mary Custis Lee's eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, filed suit against the United States government in a Virginia circuit court to regain the property. [ 19 ] [ 27 ] Custis Lee was a major general in the Civil War and was captured by Union forces at the Battle of Sailor's Creek on April 6, 1865 (see ...
This is a list of memorials in Singapore: Bukit Batok Memorial [1] The Cenotaph; Civilian War Memorial; Merlion; Elephant statue at the Old Parliament House; Dalhousie Obelisk; Former Indian National Army Monument; Kranji War Memorial; Lim Bo Seng Memorial; Nanyang University Memorial; Raffles' Landing Site Statue; Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial ...
Robert E. Lee Day is a state holiday observed on various dates in parts of the Southern US, commemorating the January 19 birthday of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. [1] It is rooted in the Lost Cause myth prevalent throughout the Southern United States, as Lee was a central figure in Lost Cause mythology due to his social status, military exploits, and personality.
The central design is a view of the university, flanked by portraits of generals George Washington and Robert E. Lee. [166] Lee was again commemorated on a commemorative stamp in 1970, along with Jefferson Davis and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, depicted on horseback on the six-cent Stone Mountain Memorial commemorative issue, modeled after ...
A strong and unusually cold storm system swept across southeastern Australia during the second half of this week breaking a 37-year-old record in Sydney and causing ‘sea smoke' to form on Sydney ...
See: Secession in the United States and Virginia in the American Civil War.) [2] Also on April 17, US President Abraham Lincoln decided to offer the Command of the Union Army to Robert E. Lee. The next day, Lee, who at that time was a colonel who had served in the United States Army for 35 years, was offered command of the Federal Army by ...