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  • Vandals damage statue of Gen. Lee, except this one fought in WWII

    02/22/2019 6:03:06 PM PST · by a little elbow grease · 50 replies
    wect.com ^ | 2/22/19 | unknown
    DUNN, NC (WNCN/CNN) - Authorities said vandals wanted to express their opposition to Confederate monuments by targeting a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. The problem is, they went after the wrong statue. Gen. William C. Lee was the commanding officer of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II, and his statue stands in front of his namesake museum, the William C. Lee Airborne Museum. Authorities say someone recently tried to set the statue on fire. “This is a hometown grown boy here that turned out to be an international hero in World War II, but to come...