Robert E. Lee (Valentine)

Robert E. Lee is a bronze sculpture commemorating the general of the same name by Edward Virginius Valentine, installed in the crypt of the United States Capitol as part of the National Statuary Hall Collection.[1][2][3] The statue was gifted by the commonwealth of Virginia in 1909.[4]

Robert E. Lee
The statue
ArtistEdward Virginius Valentine
MediumBronze sculpture
SubjectRobert E. Lee
LocationWashington, D.C., United States

Replacement

On January 2, 2020, Virginia governor Ralph Northam (D) requested a bill to remove the statue from the U.S. Capitol building. The idea came from Reps. Jennifer Wexton and Donald McEachin. "These statutes aimed to rewrite Lee’s reputation from that of a cruel slave owner and Confederate General to portraying him as a kind man and reluctant war hero who selflessly served his home state of Virginia," Wexton and McEachin wrote in a letter to Northam. A statue of educator and orator Booker T. Washington or civil rights attorney Oliver Hill could replace the Lee statue.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Journal of the Senate of Virginia". Commonwealth of Virginia. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017 – via Google Books.
  2. "Why Are They There?: The Confederate Statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection – The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History". Gilderlehrman.org. 26 May 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. "25 conflict leaders in Statuary Hall". The Washington Times. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  4. "Robert E. Lee". Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  5. Virginia governor seeking to remove Robert E. Lee statue from US Capitol BY MARINA PITOFSKY, The Hill, Jan 2, 2020


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