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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wasn't it named after the Lee family? Robert E Lee's dad was a celebrated Revolutionary war veteran and also a governor of VA. Light horse Harry[/quote]

Unfortunately, Lee Highway and Lee-Jackson Highway were named after the Confederate Lee & Jackson, in the early 1900s.  If it had been named after Lighthorse Harry Lee for his Revolutionary War service instead, we'd still have it. [/quote]

And it would have been named earlier. Plenty of other places were named after Revolutionary War heroes well before the Civil War. Look at all the places named after Washington, General Nathanael Greene, General Knox, etc.

Nope, this one was named after the Confederate Lee. To say otherwise would be rewriting history to justify your discomfort with ... something. Not sure what. Removing the name isn't rewriting history, it's just removing an honor given to someone who fought against his country. You can still learn all about it. The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond sure isn't going anywhere and it has all the veneration of Lee, Jackson, etc you could possibly want. Go for it.[/quote]

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