TIL that Arlington National Park was confiscated by the U.S. federal government from the private ownership of Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee.

Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de · 4 days ago

TIL that Arlington National Park was confiscated by the U.S. federal government from the private ownership of Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee.

witchybitchy@lemm.ee · edit-2 4 days ago

I say move the grave/body to a proper location, considering why she was buried there in the first place.

or maybe don’t if the goal is erasure of all things Trump which was my unspoken goal for the nature reserve idea. undo his ‘monuments’ in the most antithetical way, make him forgotten

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 3 days ago

They commit to history erasure, we do not.

TIL that Arlington National Park was confiscated by the U.S. federal government from the private ownership of Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee.

TIL that Arlington National Park was confiscated by the U.S. federal government from the private ownership of Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee.

Arlington National Cemetery - Wikipedia