A bit of history I didn't know

[Monkeyleg]

Arlington National Cemetery started as a place to bury Civil War dead when Washington DC started to run out of places to put graves.

The land once belonged to George Washington Parke Custis, a grandson of Martha Washington and step-grandson of George Washington. The estate went to Mary Anna Randolph Curtis, who married US Army 2nd Lieutenant Robert E. Lee.

At the outset of the Civil War, the Lees had to leave the land, and it was used by the Union Army as a camp and headquarters, and then later as a burial ground.

The mansion on the property was lived in by the Curtis family, and then by General Lee and his wife.

This begs the question: when will someone demand that the mansion be destroyed?

[Fly320s]

This begs the question: when will someone demand that the mansion be destroyed?

Just as soon as some loony SJW hears about it.

[KD5NRH]

Fortunately, it's real history, so they're unlikely to learn it anytime soon.

[HankB]

This begs the question: when will someone demand that the mansion be destroyed?

The REAL question is . . . when will some SJW demand that Arlington's Caucasian war dead be exhumed and the entire property be re-dedicated to the memory of deceased people of color?

[rcnixon]

Arlington National Cemetery started as a place to bury Civil War dead when Washington DC started to run out of places to put graves.

The land once belonged to George Washington Parke Custis, a grandson of Martha Washington and step-grandson of George Washington. The estate went to Mary Anna Randolph Curtis, who married US Army 2nd Lieutenant Robert E. Lee.

At the outset of the Civil War, the Lees had to leave the land, and it was used by the Union Army as a camp and headquarters, and then later as a burial ground.

The mansion on the property was lived in by the Curtis family, and then by General Lee and his wife.

This begs the question: when will someone demand that the mansion be destroyed?

Just to get back on topic... Hence the name "Mrs. Lee's rose garden".

[K Frame]

The grounds of Arlington House were specifically chosen because it was Robert E. Lee's home. There were many places in the area where a national cemetery could have been established, but numerous people within in the Lincoln administration wanted to make a very pointed political statement.

After the war Lee's family sued the Federal Government, claiming that the land had been taken without due process. The Supreme Court agreed, and returned it to the Lees, who sold it back to the Federal government.

[French G.]

As a distant relative may I say... Get off my lawn!

[Scout26]

As a distant relative may I say... Get off my lawn!

They are not on your lawn, but under it...