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Robert E. Lee
Gerry Bowler: 160 Years On, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address Remains One of History’s Greatest Speeches
Commentary Any list of the greatest speeches in history must include the Sermon on the Mount, Pericles’s Oration on the Athenian Dead, Winston Churchill’s offer of “blood, toil, tears, and ...
November 17, 2023
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Gerry Bowler
The Statues Are Gone, the Man Remains: Lessons From Robert E. Lee
For his entire life, Robert E. Lee honored the concept of duty.
October 29, 2023
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Jeff Minick
Incinerating Robert E. Lee Statue in a ‘Memory Hole’ Signals a Darker Agenda: Constitutional Scholar
‘Ripping down statues of great people because they fought on the wrong side is a mark of bigotry,’ ...
October 27, 2023
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Matt McGregor
Let’s Bow Our Heads and Join the Marines
Many Americans recognize “semper fidelis,” or “always faithful,” as the motto of the Marine Corps, and they can ...
April 27, 2023
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Jeff Minick
West Point Modifications Continue Nationwide Removal of Confederate Memorials
Recommendations for the removal and renaming of multiple tributes to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at the U.S. ...
December 28, 2022
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Jeff Louderback
How Robert E. Lee and Booker T. Washington Became Educators Dedicated to Rebuilding a War-Torn America
If we slip back in time to the late 1860s, we find an America torn apart by war ...
July 18, 2022
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Jeff Minick
How This Bloody Civil War Battle Paved the Way for Lincoln’s Historic Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln had a great deal on his mind in the summer of 1862. The Civil War ...
June 1, 2022
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Rachel Pfeiffer
Learning Isn’t Confined to Schools
A lot of folks continue their education after leaving school. Doctors, attorneys, nurses, computer programmers, and many others ...
May 13, 2022
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Jeff Minick
The Negation of the Past
Commentary I live on Lee Street in Alexandria, Virginia. Yes, that Lee—Robert E. grew up a few blocks ...
December 21, 2021
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Mark Bauerlein
Gen. Lee: The Importance of Preserving American History
Commentary Earlier this month, a 21-foot-tall bronze statue of Robert E. Lee—perhaps the most famous monument to the ...
September 28, 2021
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Newt Gingrich
Statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee Taken Down in Virginia’s Capital
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was dismantled in Virginia's capital on Wednesday, ending months of ...
September 8, 2021
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Zachary Stieber
Robert E. Lee Statue in Virginia’s Capital Coming Down Wednesday: Officials
A large statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, will come down on Wednesday, coming months ...
September 7, 2021
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Jack Phillips
Charlottesville Removes Confederate Robert E. Lee Statue
A statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was taken down in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Saturday, nearly four ...
July 10, 2021
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Reuters
Statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee Removed From US Capitol Building
Virginia’s governor announced Monday that his state chose to remove the Confederate statue of Robert E. Lee from ...
December 21, 2020
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Masooma Haq
Confrontations Between Trump Supporters, Protesters at Robert E. Lee Monument
Clashes between President Donald Trump supporters and counter-protesters erupted in Virginia on Sunday in the vicinity of a ...
November 2, 2020
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Zachary Stieber
Virginia Governor Faces New Hurdle in Bid to Remove Lee Statue
RICHMOND, Va.—A judge dismissed a legal challenge Monday that had been blocking Virginia officials from removing a towering ...
August 4, 2020
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The Associated Press
Washington and Lee University Considers Potential Name Change
Faculty members at Washington and Lee University (WLU) are considering taking "Lee" out of the university's name because ...
June 29, 2020
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Bill Pan
Virginia School Board to Rename Robert E. Lee High School; Obama Among Possible Replacements
A school board voted unanimously on Tuesday to change the name of Robert E. Lee High School in ...
June 24, 2020
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Bill Pan
Injunction Extended Against Removing Lee Statue in Virginia
RICHMOND, Va.—A judge on Thursday indefinitely extended an injunction preventing the Virginia governor from removing a historic statue ...
June 18, 2020
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The Associated Press
Judge Issues Order Halting Lee Statue Removal for 10 Days
RICHMOND, Va.—A judge in Richmond has issued an injunction preventing Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s administration from removing an ...
June 9, 2020
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The Associated Press
Washington and Lee Students Want Diplomas Without Pictures of University’s Namesakes
A group of students at Washington and Lee University are demanding that images of the two historical figures ...
December 30, 2019
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Matthew Vadum
Washington and Lee University Students Want Portraits of Namesakes Off Their Diplomas
Students at Washington and Lee University (WLU) in Virginia are circulating a petition asking for customized diplomas that ...
November 25, 2019
BY
Bill Pan
Mothers and Sons: Ann Carter Lee and Robert E. Lee
On battlefields around the world, soldiers have cried out for their mothers as they lay dying. And memorably, ...
September 12, 2019
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Jeff Minick
Robert E. Lee Was a Great American, but Not a Great General
Commentary President Donald Trump committed another in his long list of supposed sins that progressive America deems unpardonable last ...
October 18, 2018
BY
Richard Trzupek
Trump Rebukes Media for ‘Dishonest’ Coverage of Rally Remarks
President Donald Trump rebuked coverage by certain media of his comments related to Confederate Army Gen. Robert E. ...
October 14, 2018
BY
Bowen Xiao
Tom Dugan: The Man Behind the Man Who Hunted Nazis
Dugan’s 90-minute play is set in 2003 as the aging Wiesenthal welcomes a group of students to his ...
November 5, 2014
BY
Mark Kennedy
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