Programme of Ceremonies: Unveiling of Statue Gen'l Robert E. Lee, front cover

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Lee Monument Association. “Programme of Ceremonies: Unveiling of Statue Gen'l Robert E. Lee.” New Orleans: Jas. Buckley &, Printers, 1884. Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University.

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This is the front cover of the program used on February 22, 1884 at the unveiling of the Robert E. Lee monument. The ceremony proceedings were published by the Lee Monument Association.

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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…