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List of memorials to Robert E. Lee

List of memorials to Robert E. Lee

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The following is a partial list of monuments and memorials to Robert E. Lee, who served as General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States in 1865. At the end is a listing of monuments and memorials to Lee that have been removed or renamed.

See also: List of Confederate monuments and memorials
Robert E. Lee, a statue given to the National Statuary Hall by Virginia in 1909 (removed in favor of Barbara Rose Johns in 2020)[1]

Buildings

Holidays and events

Military facilities

Monuments and sculptures

Roads

Schools

See also: Robert E. Lee High School (disambiguation), Lee High School (disambiguation), and Robert E. Lee Elementary School (disambiguation)

Settlements

Ships

Universities and colleges

U.S. counties

Vehicles

Removed and renamed monuments and memorials to Lee, by state

Former Robert E. Lee Suite in the Hereford University Center, Arlington State College

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