Robert E. Lee was a central character in America's defining national trauma, the Civil War. These images explore other facets of his life, from the young boy coping with the abandonment of an ...

Ad“It’s going to be Robert E. Lee High School for me for the rest of my life,” said Janie Lee, a member of the alumni. There’s a group of alumni from Lee High School are pushing to keep ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

Lee instead. Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state holiday ... The general’s personal opinions on race have been contested and distorted since his death, but ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also ...

The tarnished reputation of his once-great father will haunt Robert E. Lee for the rest of his life. Robert's older ... appoints Lee to a minor position as his personal military adviser.

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ... ancestors who fought to defend states' rights and their way of life. There was another surge in response to civil rights expansion in ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of ...