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Trump characterizes Robert E. Lee as a unifier and premier war strategist. Here’s what history shows

By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Opponents of honoring the vestiges of slavery fought for years to change the face, or faces, of Monument Avenue, a promenade in the former Confederate capital memorializing military leaders and a politician who led a rebellion against the United States. Richmond, Virginia’s homages to the Confederate president, two generals and

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Trump characterizes Robert E. Lee as a unifier and premier war strategist. Here’s what history shows

CNN By Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN Opponents of honoring the vestiges of slavery fought for years to change the face, or faces, of Monument Avenue, a promenade in the former Confederate capital memorializing military leaders and a politician who led a rebellion against the United States. Richmond, Virginia’s homages to the Confederate president, two generals

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