A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was removed overnight from its perch in the US Capitol where it has stood next to George Washington for 111 years and will be replaced by one honoring a … ...

The Rev. Robert Wright Lee, a nephew many generations removed of Robert E. Lee, tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro why the statue of the Confederate general in Charlottesville must come down.

Robert E. Lee, a great son of the South, a great leader of the South—and I assume no modern day leader would question him or challenge him—Robert E. Lee counseled us well when he told us to ...

Last Wednesday, a statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee was finally removed from Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the old Confederacy. The statue was erected in 1890, as Jim and Jane ...

On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Court House in northern Virginia, marking the end of more than four years of hostilities that split the U.S. in ...

Robert E. Lee’s pro-slavery cause wasn’t righteous, then or now. He’s my ancestor, and as far as I’m concerned, his statues can’t come down soon enough.

Removing the Robert E. Lee sculpture was necessary and overdue. ... In short, it was a worldview that understood white men as naturally superior to people of color, the vision of a true, pure, ...

Governor Ralph Northam announced the discovery of what is believed to be the authentic time capsule from the Robert E. Lee monument in Richmond, Va., via Twitter on Dec. 27, 2021.

The Robert E. Lee statue had represented Virginia along with one of George Washington since 1909. ... "I look forward to seeing a trailblazing young woman of color represent Virginia in the U.S ...