Robert E Lee was actually a very good man, revered by southerners and respected by northerners. I hope his legacy can be preserved in some way.
Rex Kirkpatrick General Lee was offered Command of the Union Army. He was held in that high regard by President Lincoln. He chose to serve as Commander of the Confederacy, even though he was very conflicted, mainly because his beloved Virgina had chose to break away from the Union. His statue should remain in place.
Danielle Nichols Removing a statue isn’t going to change history or what happened all those years. You want change then be the change, live up to it everyday.
Pam Griffith Why does our American history have to be erased? These statues are part of our history as a honorable and respected symbol to the men and women for their courage and sacrifices that they made for our country. Wake up America! People today are destroying our country right in front of your eyes. Why should we be forced to give up on our history of our country? Some have lost the family values and our the faith in God.
Antje Jarvis He should be removed, he's feeding the evil. Kids need to know about our history and know how far we've come, but there's an underlying evil element that wants to incite hate, without hate, evil would disappear. Look at the extent they will go to destroy our president and country. I believe he's trying to make all of us great, to live the American dream and make this nation strong against all evil.
Steven Gibson Greatest General in our history. His Army of Northern Virginia held the vastly superior northern Union armies at Bay for four years until Grant with overwhelming numbers of men and money, and the infusion of 200,000 African American troops wore him down. He was first, last and always a Virginian and this is how his legacy as a General, closely followed by the equally controversial Patton is being destroyed.
Barb Matschke The liberals cannot deconstruct history by taking down statues. The Civil War happened; it's part of our country's history. Both Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S Grant attended West Point. Maybe the liberals don't like to be reminded because Genl Lee was a Democrat.
Rhonda White This is so heartbreaking. If people would study history they would know the Civil War wasn’t just about slavery. Thank goodness it ended slavery. Robert E. Lee was a man of great character that we could learn from. One thing we never need to forget is how horrible war is and how we need to stay united. These statues and monuments are reminders of good and bad. Never forget so we don’t repeat the same mistakes.
Heather Mooney-Roberts Sad that this nations history is being removed. It’s what makes us the great country we are. History is so important to know and understand not to try and erase it
Cindy Howe-Cole It's so sad to see our historical monuments being desecrated and torn down. You can remove our history but you can't erase it. I hope this goes down in the history books so that future generations can understand.
Rondo Harding Lee is part of American history. This is typical left wing revisionism. Next, he'll be removed from our history text books. This is how a society becomes the collective pawn of a dictatorial, tyrannical government. Can't these people, for once, think for themselves? We are in a world of hurt.