Celebration of Robert E. Lee's 100th Birthday

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“Celebration of Lee’s 100th Birthday.” January 19, 1907. Memorial Association Papers, Louisiana Historical Association collection. Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University.

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This image depicts several white men paying homage to Lee on his 100th birthday in 1907, revealing that the monument remained an active space of memory after its initial construction.

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Robert E. Lee Monument

By Amber Nicholson, Shelby Narike (media curation) & Herbert Spurlock (media curation)

The Lee Monument stood at the center of what was called “Lee Circle,” a busy traffic roundabout for streetcars and automobiles. In the aftermath of the Charleston massacre of 2015, all symbols…