Robert E. Lee was the son of a Revolutionary War hero who was a trusted aide to George Washington. In 1861, after 25 years in the U.S. Army, Lee turned down an offer to command Union forces in the ...

White supremacists, neo-Nazis and others have protested the removal of Confederate monuments. But the Confederate general Robert E. Lee himself never wanted such monuments built.

PBS’ ‘Robert E. Lee’ documentary draws a portrait of a complex man. By Scott Timberg, Special to the Los Angeles Times . Dec. 30, 2010 12 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options. Email; ...

Given that some Southern politicians seem motivated to recast the Civil War in heroic terms -- a battle for states' rights against an oppressive federal government, never mind the whole slavery ...

Warning: This new 90-minute documentary on Robert E. Lee may make you see the man differently. Over the 150 years since the start of the Civil War, most of us Yankees have been taught that Lee, com… ...

Robert E. Lee discouraged monuments. ... “The Man Who Would Not Be Washington,” told PBS that Lee “believed countries that erased visible signs of civil war recovered from conflicts quicker.

Robert E. Lee discouraged monuments. They “keep open ... people who fought for the Confederacy being completely forgotten,” University of Georgia historian James Cobb told PBS correspondent ...

Desjardins, Lisa. "Robert E. Lee Opposed Confederate Monuments." PBS NewsHour. 15 August 2017. Dubenko, Anna. "Right and Left on Removal of Confederate Statues." ...