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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Lee is a national hero, even if you don't accept it. The US doesn't have a National Memorial to Benedict Arnold.[/quote]

Gimme a break...    So the sore losers in the south named many of their institutions after their defeated generals just to spite the US of A.  It's just like the all the petitions of the states that want to secede!!  Perhaps you think they're in the majority as well...HA HA HA

In case you didn't know, the Federal Government SEIZED Robert E. Lee's land in Arlington and made it the Cemetary for all AMERICAN soldiers.  Hardly an act to honor a hero but rather to treat a man as the TRAITOR he was!  [/quote]

There are schools and institutions named after Lee [b]all over the country[/b] and not just in the south. And you conveniently forget that through the creation a cemetery on his land, his house was preserved as our country's national memorial to Lee. You seem to be proud to live Maryland. How about that blatantly anti-Lincoln, anti-Union state song of yours?

Here's a link to Smithsonian Mag story about how Arlington Cemetary came to be. It mentions the establishment of Arlington's Freedmans Village, the precursor to the historic black communities in Arlington today. After the war the Lee family sold the land to the Federal Govt, not wanting to live there for obvious reasons. Thus the cemetery and memorial to Lee today. I recommend you visit the Arlington House/R. E. Lee Memorial to broaden your perspective.

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Battle-of-Arlington.html?c=y&page=1
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