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NYT: The Robert E. Lee Problem (more of a must read) (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Jun 2015
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Virginian college Washington and Lee was named after it's first president, Robert E. Lee
no_hypocrisy
Jun 2015
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malaise
(269,157 posts)1. K & R
good read
no_hypocrisy
(46,185 posts)2. Virginian college Washington and Lee was named after it's first president, Robert E. Lee
The college is not a salute to the Confederacy. If anything, it's another side of REL as an academic. I heard that Lee still has the highest score at West Point and was smarter than any of the Union generals. I can't imagine demanding that W&L change its name and charter to erase/delete the legacy of Lee with the renewed interest in cultural Reconstruction.
Like anything in history, it's complicated and more than one side to the story of any historical figure.
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)3. Actually, someone else has the highest score ever at West Point:
This guy, who was in Lee's class and resigned his commission not long after leaving West Point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Mason_%28attorney%29
Interesting that MacArthur was third.
no_hypocrisy
(46,185 posts)4. Thanks for the better information.