Posted on 12/22/2020 7:29:00 AM PST by devane617
When Barbara Johns was just 16 years old, she led a walkout at her high school to protest poor and unequal school conditions. The moment is one that many historians believe helped launch the desegregation movement in the US. Now, Johns -- who died in 1991 -- will be memorialized at the US Capitol, replacing Virginia's statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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Buzz off. You are underinformed about the entire settlement between the north and the south that sought to reconcile the two sides and express the best of our American way of life. All confederate soldiers were recognized and given pensions by the United States. Lee was not dragged off in disgrace, nor did he contine to try to foment insurrection. Times were different, and there was still a code of honor among gentlemen. Something you would do well to learn about, in your vast superiority..
Harriet Tubman was born in Maryland. But in Annapolis the state capital, there is a memorial to Alex Haley and Kunte Kinte. Just damn!
only a twisted up fool would use WP as a ref. for that LOL
Robt E Lee was a great American. You are FOS.
In fact, Lee did not try to foment insurrection in the first place. He had been an instructor at West Point, and was offered the generalship by both the north and the south. He chose the south with reluctance because it was his homeland; at the time, the states were more .powerful than the federal government; and if they still were, we would not have the socialist takeover we are having today.
Just a few additional “thoughts” from this Ivy-educated retiree from more than 40 years of successful self-employment. Which, according to you, never involved any thinking.
August 9, 1960
Dear Dr. Scott:
Respecting your August 1 inquiry calling attention to my often expressed admiration for General Robert E. Lee, I would say, first, that we need to understand that at the time of the War between the States the issue of secession had remained unresolved for more than 70 years. Men of probity, character, public standing and unquestioned loyalty, both North and South, had disagreed over this issue as a matter of principle from the day our Constitution was adopted.
General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause which until 1865 was still an arguable question in America; he was a poised and inspiring leader, true to the high trust reposed in him by millions of his fellow citizens; he was thoughtful yet demanding of his officers and men, forbearing with captured enemies but ingenious, unrelenting and personally courageous in battle, and never disheartened by a reverse or obstacle. Through all his many trials, he remained selfless almost to a fault and unfailing in his faith in God. Taken altogether, he was noble as a leader and as a man, and unsullied as I read the pages of our history.
From deep conviction, I simply say this: a nation of men of Lee’s calibre would be unconquerable in spirit and soul. Indeed, to the degree that present-day American youth will strive to emulate his rare qualities, including his devotion to this land as revealed in his painstaking efforts to help heal the Nation’s wounds once the bitter struggle was over, we, in our own time of danger in a divided world, will be strengthened and our love of freedom sustained.
Such are the reasons that I proudly display the picture of this great American on my office wall.
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower
President Gerald R. Ford’s Remarks Upon Signing a Bill
Restoring Rights of Citizenship to General Robert E. Lee
August 5, 1975
Governor Godwin, Senator Byrd, Congressman Butler, Congressman Harris, Congressman Satterfield, Congressman Downing, and Congressman Daniel, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen:
I am very pleased to sign Senate Joint Resolution 23, restoring posthumously the long overdue, full rights of citizenship to General Robert E. Lee. This legislation corrects a 110-year oversight of American history. It is significant that it is signed at this place.
Lee’s dedication to his native State of Virginia chartered his course for the bitter Civil War years, causing him to reluctantly resign from a distinguished career in the United States Army and to serve as General of the Army of Northern Virginia. He, thus, forfeited his rights to U.S. citizenship.
Once the war was over, he firmly felt the wounds of the North and South must be bound up. He sought to show by example that the citizens of the South must dedicate their efforts to rebuilding that region of the country as a strong and vital part of the American Union.
In 1865, Robert E. Lee wrote to a former Confederate soldier concerning his signing the Oath of Allegiance, and I quote: “This war, being at an end, the Southern States having laid down their arms, and the questions at issue between them and the Northern States having been decided, I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.”
This resolution passed by the Congress responds to the formal application of General Lee to President Andrew Johnson on June 13, 1865, for the restoration of his full rights of citizenship. Although this petition was endorsed by General Grant and forwarded to the President through the Secretary of War, an Oath of Allegiance was not attached because notice of this additional requirement had not reached Lee in time.
Later, after his inauguration as President of Washington College on October 2, 1865, Lee executed a notarized Oath of Allegiance. Again his application was not acted upon because the Oath of Allegiance was apparently lost. It was finally discovered in the National Archives in 1970.
As a soldier, General Lee left his mark on military strategy. As a man, he stood as the symbol of valor and of duty. As an educator, he appealed to reason and learning to achieve understanding and to build a stronger nation. The course he chose after the war became a symbol to all those who had marched with him in the bitter years towards Appomattox.
General Lee’s character has been an example to succeeding generations, making the restoration of his citizenship an event in which every American can take pride.
In approving this Joint Resolution, the Congress removed the legal obstacle to citizenship which resulted from General Lee’s Civil War service. Although more than a century late, I am delighted to sign this resolution and to complete the full restoration of General Lee’s citizenship.
NOTE: The President spoke at 2:12 p.m. at Arlington House, Arlington, Virginia. Arlington House, formerly known as the Custis-Lee Mansion, was the home of General Lee. As enacted, S.J. Res. 23 is Public Law 94-67 (89 Stat. 380).
Posted: 27 December 2006
That was true, at the time.
Some will even say that Lee took the General position to end the civil war and bring back the southern states into the union. But that was speculation.
But history is written by the victors, not the losers
And he was a traitor to the United States, he took arms up against the united states army. He was a United States General.
You can like those facts or not.
And what was done, was what was needed to be done to preserve the union. In the end that was what the Civil war was about.
We will need a new Robert E. Lee to get out of this mess.
it’s a well known fact. go do your own research, numb nuts.
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you’re wasting your time with these yankee bastards. go look... every single last one of thee goofs on this thread is from the north. as it always has been, us southerners have nothing in common with these people.
Whites in black schools do not do well. Violence is the norm.
You can shove your union up your ass. Union is not the most important thing when tyranny rises up.
Most Virginians are not crazy. Look at their opposition to Blackie Northam’s gun control fascism. Look at the majority of VA counties that adopted 2nd Amendment resolutions.
The problem is the superheated leftwing ministate of Northern Virginia bordering the Potomac. Too many states consist of a mostly rural population dominated by one liberal megalopolis.
But I’ll just betcha that Gen. Robert E. Lee lives on in the hearts of most Virginians.
Obviously you are an American history hater since its about your feelings, not actual events and people that made this country what it used to be - now like you its all about political correctness and being ‘woke’.
Let’s hope erasing history and the ignorance that accompanies it is NOT the future.
The people like Lee are the ones that made this once great country, the people like you are busily erasing it so your snowflakish feelings are not injured - cookies, warm milk and a petting puppy in a safe room is you future
None of that has changed your arrogant manners one bit. Kindly refrain from posting to me in future.
Too many states consist of a mostly rural population dominated by one liberal megalopolis.
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It’s almost like we need an electoral college system WITHIN the states. Each county could get one electoral vote.
Do you need a safe space with a binky?
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