Robert E. Lee and Me: A Southerner's Reckoning with the Myth of the Lost Cause

by Ty Seidule

Never underestimate the ability of Americans to do the right thing—eventually.

West Point memorialized Lee in reaction to the integration of African Americans and the move toward equal rights.

The military doesn’t practice democracy; the military enforces democracy.

A monument tells historians more about who emplaced it than it does the figure memorialized.