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Tag: Gen. Robert E. Lee
News Roundup
Charlottesville City Council Votes Again to Remove Confederate Statues
The Charlottesville city council voted to remove Confederate statues from public parks nearly four years after the Unite the Right white supremacist rally divided the Virginia city, The Daily Beast reported. The two statues – one of Robert E. Lee and one of Stonewall Jackson – were originally voted to be removed 2017, but the […]
June 8, 2021
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Washington and Lee University to Keep Name Tied to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee
Washington and Lee University (WLU) will keep its name amid calls for the school to remove its Confederate ties, The Washington Post reported. Students and faculty voted last year to change the school’s name, partially named after Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. WLU announced Friday that after a review, the Board of Trustees decided there […]
June 4, 2021
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