Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
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Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it.
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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
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Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
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It is well that war is so terrible -- lest we should grow too fond of it.
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With all my devotion to the Union and the feeling of loyalty and duty
of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind
to raise my hand against my relatives, my children, my home.
I have therefore resigned my commission in the Army, and save in defense
of my native State, with the sincere hope that my poor services
may never be needed, I hope I may never be called on to draw my sword.
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Robert Edward Lee
(1807-1870)
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He was the owner of the land where Arlington National Cemetery is today
Kathy Collier
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Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870)
was an American soldier best known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia
in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865.
taken from Wikipedia
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How Arlington National Cemetery Came to Be
Starting in 1864, Arlington National Cemetery was transformed into a military cemetery.
The fight over Robert E. Lee's beloved home
seized by the U.S. government during the Civil War—went on for decades
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE
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Arlington National Cemetery is located on Confederate General Robert E. Lee's confiscated estate.
Days after resigning from the U.S. Army on April 20, 1861,
to take command of Virginian forces in the Civil War,
Robert E. Lee left the Arlington estate where he had married Mary Lee and lived for 30 years.
He would never return. After Virginia seceded from the Union on May 23, 1861,
Union troops crossed the Potomac River from the national capital and occupied
the 200-acre property and house that been built by George Washington Parke Custis,
Mary's father and the step-grandson of George Washington.
After Mary Lee, confined to a wheelchair, sent a representative
instead of appearing personally to pay a $92.07 tax bill,
the government seized the property in 1864.
With Washington, D.C., teeming with dead soldiers and out of burial space,
Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs formally
proposed Arlington as the location of a new military cemetery.
On May 13, 1864, 21-year-old Private William Christman of Pennsylvania,
who had died of peritonitis,
became the first military man buried at Arlington.
To ensure the house would forever be uninhabitable for the Lees,
Meigs directed graves to be placed as close to the mansion as possible, and in 1866
he ordered the remains of 2,111 unknown Civil War soldiers
killed on battlefields near Washington, D.C.,
to be placed inside a vault in the Lees' rose garden.
History channel
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RIP Brave Soldier
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*There is much being said today about the southern flag
We/I do not put this flag above our "OLD GLORY"
I love The Star Spangled Banner - no flag will ever be above it in my heart
I am sorry if the Rebel Flag offends you,
The Mexican flag in California and other states offends me
Also seeing Our Home The White House covered in rainbow colors offends me
I could go on and on, but I will say again I am a southern lady
and very proud of it. Not everyone in the south is a redneck or UnAmerican
I will say as a fact the south is more hospitable than in anywhere in America
I have seen many rednecks (both white and black) in other states who are very rude and uncouth
I will say they are Rednecks
It seems our beloved America is going down the drain
It seems they want us to be fighting and taking sides over things that have no importance
It is time for us to unite and vote those who want to destroy our Country out of office
It is time for us to unite in praying to God for forgiveness.