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On this day in 1975, the House restored U.S. citizenship to Robert E ... the same day that Lee was inaugurated as president of Washington College in Lexington, Va., he signed the required amnesty ...
While the fate of the controversial Robert ... House Chamber inside the Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, Va., July 23, 2020. Bob Brown/Richmond Times-Dispatch via AP "The name Robert E. Lee ...
ARLINGTON, Va. — There was a one-of-a-kind reunion over the weekend at Arlington House, the national memorial to Robert E. Lee that sits atop a hill in Arlington National Cemetery. Descendants ...
Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) to rename what is currently known as “Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial” to the “Arlington House National Historic Site.” There are ...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — A bill that would no longer allow the state to issue “Sons of Confederate Veterans” and Robert E. Lee special license plates has passed in both the Virginia House and ...
ARLINGTON, Va. (7News) — A new bill from Virginia’s leaders looks to rename Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial. Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) introduced a bill alongside Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA ...
(Updated at 12:45 p.m.) Local lawmakers have again introduced legislation to officially remove Robert E. Lee’s name ... “Arlington House.” In 2020, Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va) proposed legislation ...
Robert E. Lee, which was removed from Charlottesville, Va.'s, Market Street Park in 2021 ... agenda bill is slated to go through the House Budget Committee Friday, but it could be derailed ...
Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Custis Lee. (Dee Dwyer for NPR) ARLINGTON, Va. — There was a one-of-a-kind reunion over the weekend at Arlington House, the national memorial to Robert E.
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... They're strangers with a painful shared bond ...