Robert E. Lee, however, was not Nathan Bedford Forrest. In fact, in April 1861, prior to Virginia’s secession, President Abraham Lincoln offered Lee command of Union forces.

Then Director McPartland weighed in saying it's wrong to tear down momuments and that Robert E. Lee was "an exemplary gentleman" — Nico Savidge (@NSavidge) June 25, 2020 ...

Robert E. Lee grew up there, leaving in 1929 to join the U.S. Navy at age 18. ... Cooke met Lee in 1981 when she was hired as the Kent Chamber of Commerce executive director.

Officials in Richmond, Virginia, have called off the search for a nearly 134-year-old time capsule that was believed to be embedded in the huge pedestal base of the statue of Confederate Gen ...

Museum director Bill Martin has proposed ... and Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney would transfer ownership of the iconic statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee and other Confederate memorials to the city's ...