Even Gen. Robert E. Lee Didn't Want Confederate Memorials (column)

margento@ydr.com, York Daily Record
Thu, 08/17/2017 - 6:40am

Robert E. Lee thought it was a bad idea to memorialize the Confederacy and now, those memorials serve as a flash point for what still divides us.

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