I don’t agree with your statement of the traitor Robert E. Lee. He desecrated this nation and it was the appropriate place to bury those who died for this country. What is sickening is that it is all about the Kennedys. I was shocked when I visited Arlington and made my way around to all the graves of notables who did so much to defend and protect this country and then, really because I had time on my hands before I had to get back to the tour bus, made my way to Kennedys grave and found this enormous marble monument. Like I say, it’s always about them. But Ted being there is too much and a disgrace to every hero on those sacred grounds. That’s true desecration.
Robert E. Lee was an honorable man who believed in the 10th amendment and was loyal to his state to the point of resigning his commision with the US army. Like a true patriot he risked everything when Virginia called her sons to action. Compare that to his contemporary Abe Lincoln who, in a letter to Horace Greeley in August 1862 stated “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that”. That’s the difference between a man who will stand by what he believes and a politician. His name (R.E. Lee) stands as an example of what it means to be an American.