Marble Robert E Lee Statue

The lee chapel at washington and lee university in lexington is a cathedral worthy shrine that includes a statue of the general in eternal marble repose and his tomb one floor below it.

Marble robert e lee statue.

Lee between 1884 and 2017. The only other monument in kentucky with a likeness of lee is bardstown kentucky s confederate monument of bardstown which has only a small relief portrait of lee below the large statue of a confederate soldier. On top are four marble balls and a 5 5 foot tall 1 7 m marble statue of lee making it the only monument in kentucky that heavily features robert e. Buy 3 get 1 free.

It is going to get increasingly hard to persuade high school students who care about diversity to attend a university named after a confederate general. Lee reveal the commander of the confederate army during the american civil war opposed symbols such as the monuments to confederate figures that. Robert e lee statue postcard vintage matted framed monument ave richmond va. The monument was a bronze statue by alexander doyle a prominent american sculptor known for statues of civil war figures.

S p o n z s s b v 7 z o b s r e 7 d c. Old letters from confederate gen. Lee shares the last name of confederate gen. Lee but they are unrelated men who served different armies in different wars during different.

Lee statue was removed from lee circle in new orleans as the last of four monuments to confederate era figures to be removed under a 2015 city council vote. Buy it now 15 39 shipping. Recumbent statue robert e. Lee once stood after it was removed at duke university 6 damage done to the face of a statue of confederate commander.

Lee lexington virginia new 8x10 us civil war photo. The empty plinth where a statue of confederate commander general robert e. Lee circle is a central traffic circle in new orleans louisiana which featured a monument to confederate general robert e.