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Arlington House has reopened after a 3-year renovation. It seeks to memorialize Robert E. Lee and acknowledge his role in the Confederacy while also telling the story of those enslaved there.
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 ...
On Saturday, descendants of the enslaved gathered on the grounds of Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, for a ceremony to honor their ancestors.
They're strangers with a painful shared bond: Robert E. Lee enslaved their ancestors. ARLINGTON, Va. — There was a one-of-a-kind reunion over the weekend at Arlington House, the national ...
Descendants of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and descendants of slaves owned by Lee participate in a reunion at Lee’s former plantation home, the Arlington House, at Arlington National ...
They had returned to the site, known as Arlington House, where their ancestors had once lived and worked, the site of the plantation once owned by Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
Stop judging Gen. Robert E. Lee by today’s standards April 28, 2023 More than 2 years ago The flower garden at Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, on June 8, 2021, in Arlington.
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 Senate.
A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, which was removed from Charlottesville, Va.'s Market Street Park in 2021, has been melted down so that it can be turned into a new art installation.
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.
The descendants of Confederate General 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 ...