CSPAN Un-Cancel Robert E. Lee

November 25, 2024

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One focus of The Generals Redoubt’s efforts on campus at Washington and Lee is to preserve the culture and traditions of our alma mater, and that cannot be done without a fair assessment of the life of General (and Washington College President) Robert E. Lee: indisputably a complicated man in turbulent times.

TGR Executive Committee Member and alumnus Gib Kerr earlier this year released “Un-Cancel Robert E. Lee: An Open Letter to The Trustees of Washington and Lee University.”  Gib explores Lee’s life in detail, including his difficult childhood, his stellar career as a United States Army officer, his agonizing decision not to bear arms against his home state of Virginia, as well as his motivation to decline command of the Union Army in April 1861.

Gib also devotes particular focus to the last years of Lee’s life: when he served as the President of Washington College and worked tirelessly to unify a divided Republic and rebuild the decimated South.  Gib comprehensively addresses the emotional issues of whether Lee was a traitor and his perceived role in “The Lost Cause.”  

Gib’s book has been widely praised, and at Parents Weekend in October 2024 he discussed it in Lexington during a presentation that was recorded and broadcast by CSPAN.  Book publication was supported by a grant from The Generals Redoubt.

A link to the program is below, and we hope that you will find Gib’s comments insightful and thought provoking.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?538771-2/un-cancel-robert-e-lee

Thanks and best wishes for a wonderful Thanksgiving.

Stephen W. Robinson  ‘72A, ‘75L
President
The Generals Redoubt

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