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Hace 4 días · The property, originally built as a tribute to President George Washington, found its way into the hands of Mary Anna Randolph Custis, a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington. In 1831, Custis married a young U.S. Army lieutenant named Robert E. Lee, and Arlington House became their family home. As the Civil War erupted in 1861, Lee, torn ...
Hace 2 días · In 1874, Mary Anna Custis Lee sued the U.S. federal government, claiming ownership of the Arlington Cemetery grounds. On December 9, 1882, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5–4 in Lee's favor in United States v. Lee, concluding that the U.S. government seized Arlington Cemetery and its surrounding grounds without affording Custis Lee due process.
Hace 3 días · Today is Memorial Day in the United States, a day to honor and mourn America’s fallen heroes, those who died while serving the nation in the U.S. Armed Forces. President Harry S. Truman said, “American was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.”.
Hace 3 días · A new resident arrived in 1831, when then-Lieutenant Robert E. Lee—himself the son of Washington’s trusted cavalry commander during the Revolutionary War—married Wash’s only surviving child, Mary. For 30 years, the Lees made Arlington their home and raised a family there between his military assignments.
Hace 4 días · MEMORIAL DAY 2024–REMEMBERING THEM ALL. Memorial Day is painful to some, joyous to those who aren’t a subset of America’s fallen and, sadly to most, just an excuse for a three-day weekend with a lot of burgers and brewskis. I won’t dwell on the morose serious side. To me, even though my dad rests on Mary Custis Lee’s front lawn ...
Hace 3 días · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the ...
Hace 2 días · Members. USA South Announces 2005-06 All-Academic Honorees. (FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) – The USA South Athletic Conference has released its 2005-2006 Academic All-Conference Team, sponsored by Bank of America. A student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 GPA in each of the two semesters of a given year to be eligible. Any student-athlete participating ...
