To: stainlessbanner
R.E. Lee, bump !
2 posted on
08/19/2003 6:19:49 AM PDT by
XRdsRev
To: stainlessbanner
No matter what you think of the war between the states, slavery, secession, or anything else, Robert E. Lee was a gentleman and worthy of praise and respect by both sides.
3 posted on
08/19/2003 6:57:04 AM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: stainlessbanner
R.E. Lee, the most noble and sublime American of them all.
To: stainlessbanner
History is full of these ironies. General NB Forrest was the honored speaker to the Organization of the Pole Bearers in Memphis about 1874. This organization was the precursor to the NAACP. The contemporaries of Forrest knew more and were more forgiving and understanding than the entire NAACP and Black Caucus of today.
To: stainlessbanner
There is an interesting anecdote in at least one biography of Lee. I hope I recount it accurately here. It seems that after the War, Lee was in the congregation of a church when communion was held. A black man went to the rail and none of the whites in the congregation would go up and kneel next to the man. Seeing this, Lee rose, strode forward, and accepted communion next to him.
To: stainlessbanner
Lee and Grant stories on the same day....hmmm.
To: stainlessbanner
God bless Robert E. Lee
Edward Valentine's recumbent statue of General Robert E. Lee
Lee Chapel, Washington and Lee University Lexington, Virginia36 posted on
08/19/2003 7:35:54 PM PDT by
thatdewd
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