“Lee believed countries that erased visible signs of civil war recovered from conflicts quicker,” Horn wrote.
As President of Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, Lee refused to allow the flag of the Confederacy to fly over the college.
According to the Southern historian and proud Mississippian Shelby Foote, Lee refused to participate in fund-raisers to build statues to the Confederacy.
Lee ordered that he not be buried in his Confederate uniform and that no signs of the Confederacy be present at his funeral. His family and friends honored his wishes.
I stand with Robert E. Lee. He wanted the flag of the Confederacy buried so the country could heal. It’s about time we took his advice.
Joe Erickson
Durango