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 civil war 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 ???????
Make no mistake, this is
just the tip of the sword.
The Staff: More to come
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