Tag: Robert E. Lee

Random Thoughts on Lee-Jackson Day

Yes, Virginia, there is a holiday. When I had my first government job way back in the dark ages Virginia celebrated the third Monday of January as Lee-Jackson Day. When the same day was recognized on the federal level as Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, for a time Virginia celebrated Lee-Jackson-King Day. I swear I …

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Transitioning

On this day in 1861, Robert E. Lee resigned his commission in the the United States Army to accept command of the Army of Northern Virginia. In the end, that didn’t turn out so well. No, we’re not debating the war here. No, we’re not debating the statues on Monument Avenue. Two words people. Tourism. …

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