I can't take it anymore. Part 2 (sentence, paragraph, quote)
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& in a footnote to the discussion over monuments to Confederate figures in the US: From a letter to the editor:
"It is like erasing history by removing bronze statues of Civil War heroes wherever they may reside in hopes that you will forget they ever existed. I wonder if they hope to remove Robert E. Lee from Arlington?"
Except, of course, that Robert E. Lee is buried in the chapel at Washington and Lee University located in Lexington, Virginia. (The US government seized Arlington, which had been Lee's home, for use as a national cemetery.)
& in a footnote to the discussion over monuments to Confederate figures in the US: From a letter to the editor:
"It is like erasing history by removing bronze statues of Civil War heroes wherever they may reside in hopes that you will forget they ever existed. I wonder if they hope to remove Robert E. Lee from Arlington?"
Except, of course, that Robert E. Lee is buried in the chapel at Washington and Lee University located in Lexington, Virginia. (The US government seized Arlington, which had been Lee's home, for use as a national cemetery.)
Perhaps the letter writer was referring to the Robert E. Lee Memorial at Arlington House, which is run by the National Park Service.
Could be. I didn't know that that there was any memorial to Lee @ Arlington. I got the impression the writer thought that Lee was physically present there. I can't tell, without asking the writer what was his/her intention.
Last edited by southwest88; 06-06-2017 at 05:46 PM..
Reason: fix typo
Could be. I didn't know that that there was any memorial to Lee @ Arlington. I got the impression the writer thought that Lee was physically present @ there. I can't tell, without asking the writer what was his/her intention.
"Neither Robert E. Lee, nor his wife, as title holder, ever attempted to publicly recover control of Arlington House. The couple never returned to the home George Washington Parke Custis built and treasured. After Lee's death in 1870, his son, George Washington Custis Lee, brought an action for ejectment in the Circuit Court of Alexandria (today Arlington) County, Va. Custis Lee, as eldest son of the Lees, claimed the land was illegally confiscated and that, according to his grandfather's will, he was the legal owner. In December 1882, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, returned the property to Custis Lee, stating that confiscation of the property lacked due process. On March 3, 1883, Congress purchased the property from Lee for $150,000."
... On March 3, 1883, Congress purchased the property from Lee for $150,000."
Interesting trivia!
Using various online calculators I was able to determine the purchase price was the equivalent of about $3.5 to $4 million present day dollars, quite a large sum!
Of course that is no indication of today's worth of the property, which I presume would be incalculable.
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The last battle?
