Robert E. Lee portrait back up in West Point's library

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Robert E. Lee portrait back up in West Point's library
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-e-lee-portrait-restored-west-point-library/

Robert E. Lee portrait back up in West Point's library
Updated on: September 3, 2025 / 5:11 AM EDT / CBS/AP

A painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform is back on display in the West Point's library, several years after the storied academy removed honors to the Civil War military leader.

There also are plans to restore a bust of Lee that had been removed from a plaza at the U.S. Military Academy, and a quote from Lee about honor that was removed from a separate plaza is now on display beneath the portrait, an Army spokesperson said Tuesday.

The items were removed to comply with a Department of Defense directive in 2022 that ordered the academy to address racial injustice and do away with installations that "commemorate or memorialize the Confederacy."

The Pentagon's decision to re-hang the portrait, which shows a Black man leading Lee's horse in the background, was first reported by The New York Times. It had been hanging in the library since the 1950s before it was placed it in storage.

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The West Pointer with the distinction of surrendering to another West Pointer.

[Botany]

1. Trump's war on black and brown people continues.

Robert E. Lee conducted a war to violently destroy the United States of America so 200 or
300 rich families could own human beings as slaves. The myth of good old “Bobby Lee”
is just that a myth. When one of his slaves ran away and he was returned to Lee’s plantation
Lee had him whipped and then a few days later had his wounds treated with salt water all
the time claiming to be a Christian as he was thinking that slavery was O.K. because God made
them black because they were less human than white people.

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4. So much for "party of Lincoln" n/t

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2. Disgusting.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. To Be Expected

This is ALL on brand.

I don't want to hear about 'respecting others rights' when this regime falls.

I want the fucking painting burned.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Loser racist. . . . nt