Monday, April 5, 2021

A Defense of Lee


 
Neely Young is a 1966 Phi Betta Kappa graduate of Washington and Lee University and holds a Ph.D in American History from Emory University. He is the author of Ripe for Emancipation and has taught at both the secondary and college level.

Al Eckes is a 1964 Phi Betta Kappa graduate of Washington and Lee and holds a Ph.D in American History from the University of Texas. He taught history at Ohio State University and Ohio University and has written extensively on American economic history.

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Three years ago, Woke General Ty Seidule of West Point addressed the students and faculty at Washington and Lee University on the life and character of Robert E. Lee. He aimed to tarnish Lee’s reputation and primacy at the institution and insisted that Lee’s name and legacy be removed from the campus. Some responded that Seidule was “speaking truth to power.” After all, Seidule was graduated from Washington and Lee in 1984 and in his story spent years defending Lee, but after he learned the “truth” about Lee, he could no longer do so in good conscience

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