Robert E. Lee was, in fact, a man of flawless honor in his times. He abhorred secession and viewed slavery as doomed. But when Virginia seceded from the Union, this hero of multiple wars felt ...

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 ...

A towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia, is set to come down on Wednesday, more than 130 years after it was built as a tribute to a Civil War hero who is now wi… ...

It's the 200th birthday of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general who is revered by some and reviled by others. Commemorations and protests are planned across Virginia and other Southern states ...

Touch not that statue of Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville. Let it stand, but around it place plaques telling the curious that the man was a traitor to his country who went to war so white people co… ...

The descendants of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and those of the people the Lee family enslaved came together for the first time at Arlington House, the national memorial to Lee in Virginia.

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate holidays still on the books for Florida after well over a century, ...

Workers remove the monument of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on July 10, 2021, in Charlottesville, Va. The removal of the Lee statue follows years of contention, community anguish and legal fights.

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate holidays still on the books for Florida after well over a century, despite numerous attempts to remove them.

Robert E. Lee was a particularly divisive figure in these conflicts. He had long been depicted by Southerners as the “good Confederate,” the tortured figure who supposedly disliked slavery but ...