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April 28, 2007 Arlington, Virginia
The Stephen Dill Lee Institute will explore the incomparable legacy of Robert E. Lee in a Bicentennial Symposium on Saturday, April 28, 2007, in Arlington, Virginia, where Lee lived until he departed to join the confederacy and later took command of the famed Army of Northern Virginia, never to return.
The Symposium will cover Lee the man, his views on government and liberty, his humane attitudes toward race and slavery, Lee and the American Union, Lee as inspired commander and his relationship with the Army, Lee as a Christian gentleman, and the meaning of Lee for today.
The Stephen Dill Lee Institute was established by the Sons of Confederate Veterans in 2005 as a forum for historical scholarship in defense of the cause for which the Confederate soldier fought. The April 28 Robert E. Lee Bicentennial Symposium will be the premiere event in memory of this greatest of Americans.
The Dean of the Institute is Dr. Clyde Wilson, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of the University of South Carolina, author of many scholarly and historical works.
The Symposium will be held at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington, near Reagan National Airport and Arlington House, the home of Gen. Lee and his beloved wife Mary Custis Lee, until confiscated under cruel circumstances by the government of Abraham Lincoln.
Registration for the Symposium is $150 which includes luncheon and banquet and free parking. A discounted cost of $125 for SCV members is offered until February 28, 2007. Rooms at the Marriott may be reserved for $126 per night.
Speakers during the Symposium are listed in the article above by Dr. Wilson.
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