[GOPyouth]

My post was not about the war. It was simply about Lee, from an opinion of someone who knew him well.

I'm not jumping on people who want to honor him. I understand those who honor him, and I don't hold a grudge against them. I personally just choose not to do so.

Trust me, I'm southern born and raised, and there's something special about the south that the northern states don't have. This just happens to be one of the sore spots for my heritage, in my honest opinion.

[ansel12]

Here are some more honors that reinforce the respect that the United States has always shown General Lee. If it still puzzles you, then taking a look at some pre 1980 textbooks and history books should explain it.

“Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, also known as the Custis-Lee Mansion and located in present-day Arlington National Cemetery, is maintained by the National Park Service as a memorial to Lee.”

“The USS Robert E. Lee, a George Washington class ballistic missile submarine built in 1958, was named for Lee.”

“In 1900, Lee was one of the first 29 individuals selected for the Hall of Fame for Great Americans (the first Hall of Fame in the United States), designed by Stanford White, on the Bronx, New York, campus of New York University, now a part of Bronx Community College.”

“On September 21, 1955, the United States Postal Service released a 30¢ Liberty Issue postage stamp honoring Lee.”

[drierice]

Quote: “I’m not jumping on people who want to honor him. I understand those who honor him, and I don’t hold a grudge against them. I personally just choose not to do so.”

That’s your opinion, and no one was asking you to honor him.

For all the angst many have about Lee (because of the way the war is presented in schools), consider this: Grant had reverence and great respect for Lee, as shown in his memoirs and personal account of the surrender at Appomattox. Perhaps you will find Grant’s opinion easier to trust than opinions in textbooks and internet postings about Lee 140 years later.

[central_va]

I'm not jumping on people who want to honor him. I understand those who honor him, and I don't hold a grudge against them. I personally just choose not to do so.

Oh you jumped right in there.

You know what I think? Lincoln AKA the Illinois Butcher™, was the worst thing that ever happened to this country and is responsible for 600000 deaths, needlessly.

[NucSubs]

Trust me, I'm southern born and raised, and there's something special about the south that the northern states don't have. This just happens to be one of the sore spots for my heritage, in my honest opinion.

Agree. Every word. Keep up the fight son!