This past week Politico reported that the Naming Commission tasked with recommending new names for military bases that honor Confederate leaders will also recommend that West Point remove a portrait of Robert E. Lee depicted in his Confederate uniform. The painting has hung in the school library since 1951.
Robert E. Lee was a graduate of West Point and …
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