Robert E. Lee 
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SOURCE: The Nation
5/9/2023
Arlington Cemetery Will Remove its Racist Confederate Monument, but Some Won't Let it Go
by Erin L. Thompson
The Arlington Confederate Memorial, according to a Defense Department review, mythologizes history so severely that no contextualizing signage could overcome its embodiment of the Lost Cause myths that justified Jim Crow. Some adherents of that myth are mad.
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SOURCE: NPR
4/24/2023
A Painful Shared Bond: Their Ancestors were Enslaved by Robert E. Lee
Descendants of people enslaved by Robert E. Lee have met with his other descendants in an effort to expand dialogue about the public history presented at Arlington House, with the guidance of historian Susan Glisson.
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SOURCE: Substack
1/18/2023
Bemoaning Alabama's King-Lee Holiday Misses a Bigger Point
by Kevin M. Levin
While white Alabama still embraces the "lost cause" mythology embodied by Robert E. Lee, outrage about the holiday he shares with Martin Luther King, Jr. shouldn't blind the public to the ongoing struggle to change the commemorative landscape—in Montgomery and nationwide.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/16/2023
Two Deep South States Still Insist on Honoring MLK Jointly with Robert E. Lee
Historians weigh in on the politics of tying the MLK holiday to the ongoing veneration of the Lost Cause mythology.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
5/23/2022
Facing the Truth in the Land of Lee
by Laura Brodie
The controversy over removing Robert E. Lee's portrait from diplomas at Washington and Lee University points to an uncomfortable truth: Lee's historical depiction as handsome has been a visual symbol of the Lost Cause that has contributed to acceptance of the pro-Confederate mythology.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/30/2021
Richmond's Lee Statue, other Confederate Memorials Could go to Black History Museum
Marland Buckner, interim executive director of the Black History Museum, said in the release that his institution “takes very seriously the responsibility to manage these objects in ways that ensure their origins and purpose are never forgotten: that is the glorification of those who led the fight to enslave African Americans and destroy the Union.”
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/5/2021
Virginia to Dismantle Lee Statue Plinth
Outgoing Governor Ralph Northam will execute the removal of the pedestal and the transfer of the surrounding traffic circle to the City of Richmond before Glenn Youngkin succeeds him in office.
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SOURCE: Los Angeles Review of Books
11/3/2021
Lee's Fault: On Allen Guelzo's Biography
by John Reeves
A reviewer concludes that Allen Guelzo's new biography succeeds in evaluating Robert E. Lee's military career but misses in its assessment of his relationship to slavery and his legacy.
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SOURCE: New York Times
9/25/2021
How do I Tell the Story of Robert E. Lee?
by Allen C. Guelzo
Lee is a study in contradictions, argues his most recent biographer. Can the public today engage with them?
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SOURCE: Bryan-College Station Eagle
9/22/2021
Remember, Lee Betrayed His Country
by Walter Kamphoefner
The removal of Robert E. Lee's statue in Richmond was a necessary step in the halting American version of Germany's Vergangenheitsbewältigung – facing the evils of the nation's past.
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SOURCE: New York Times
7/9/2021
Charlottesville Removes Robert E. Lee Statue at Center of White Nationalist Rally
“I’m really happy it’s a boring morning, and boring means that no bad things happened,” says UVA historian John Edwin Mason.
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SOURCE: Inside Higher Ed
6/7/2021
Retaining Its Name
Despite a protest movement by students and other stakeholders, Washington and Lee University's institutional changes in response to its legacy of slavery and ties to the Confederacy will not include rejecting Robert E. Lee's name.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
2/5/2021
A Southerner who abandoned the Lost Cause (Review)
West Point historian Ty Seidule's book traces his own personal path from venerating the Lost Cause myth of the Confederacy to rejecting it, including questioning the number of monuments to Robert E. Lee at the US Military Academy.
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SOURCE: Civil War Memory
1/3/2021
Do We Really Need Another Biography of Robert E. Lee?
by Kevin M. Levin
Recent discussion of the forthcoming biography of Robert E. Lee by Allen Guelzo shouldn't foreclose the possibility that the book will offer insight because many historians object to Guelzo's participation in Donald Trump's conference on teaching history.
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SOURCE: New York Times
10/19/2020
Fraternity that Reveres Robert E. Lee Faces Revolt over Racism
A Texas chapter of Kappa Alpha called for the national fraternity to repudiate its veneration of the Confederacy, sparking a firestorm among active members and alumni about the place of the Lost Cause and Robert E. Lee in the organization's culture.
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SOURCE: National Review
9/17/2020
The Mystery of Robert E. Lee
by Allen C. Guelzo
The supernatural composure attributed to Robert E. Lee was belied by his many anxieties and obsessions, writes the author of a coming biography of the Confederate general.
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SOURCE: DCist
8/10/2020
Robert E. Lee’s Name Is Still All Over Arlington, But That Could Be Changing
“Symbols matter. They shape how we view the world and inform our culture,” Julius D. Spain Sr., the President of NAACP Arlington, tells DCist. “Do these [symbols] really represent the Arlington we live in today?”
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SOURCE: The Progressive
7/7/2020
The Story Behind the Lee Statue in Richmond, Virginia
by Peter Rachleff
Now the time has come for the story of the Workingmen’s Reform Party, the building of Richmond’s City Hall, and the solidarity-based politics of the Black and white members of the Knights of Labor, to come out into the light.
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SOURCE: New York Times
6/11/2020
A N.Y. Street Is Named for Robert E. Lee. Officials Want That Changed
“His name should be taken off everything in America, period,” Mr. de Blasio said at a news briefing.
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4/26/2020
Historic Houses Turn to Technology Amid COVID-19 Closures
by Hana Hancock
Historic home sites have responded to the COVID crisis by developing online exhibits. More work remains to be done, and many cultural and historical institutions are in financial peril from the crisis, reports HNN's Social Media Editor.