Obama did not tear down the Robert E. Lee Memorial on federal property either - NetRight Daily: The Arlington House, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, has been a part of the National Park Service as a national monument since 1955, when Congress designated it. The building was the household of Confederate general Robert E. Lee, built in 1803. It was never torn down and has remained for more than 200 years.
Notably, the Robert E. Lee Memorial kept its designation as a national monument all throughout the Obama administration from 2009 to 2016. Former President Barack Obama never proposed removing it.
So, why honor Lee with a national memorial? Why wasn’t it torn down during the last administration? In reality, this is not as controversial as the current post-Charlottesville, Va. national climate would have you believe. At the time, in 1955, Congress resolved that “after Appomattox [Lee] fervently devoted himself to peace, to the reuniting of the Nation.”
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