More Political correctness crap. Both Lee and Jackson were Americans both great leaders in a terrible time. These Pictures have hung on the walls for many years and never bothered anyone...but now comes the PC crowd. As for me I say leave them!!!
Looks like the original article in the Times was wrong and they will be staying, as they should.
How do you feel about commeorating Benedict Arnold?
James,
Your are right. Lee was a tremendous leader and military mind. Even with hindsight and second guessing, his war strategy was sound. He was also a great Virginian and American.
What is often overlooked about Lee, is his understanding of peace at the end of the War. A continuing low-level guerrilla war throughout the South (and perhaps in the Border States) would have been tragic and costly. Peace, like victory, needed to be complete and final. He worked with Grant to ensure that it was.
That’s my opinion.
Oldplayer
If I'm reading the comments by the commanding general correctly there weren't any specific pictures of Lee or Jackson at all.