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Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial. Arlington House, with the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy in the foreground, March 2020. Arlington House, constructed between 1802 and 1818, was the nation's first memorial to George Washington. In 1778, John Parke Custis—the son of Martha Washington and her first husband, Daniel Parke Custis—purchased 1,100 acr
Although Lee's father served as governor of Virginia and a U.S. congressman, he fell upon hard times after the 1811 visit to Arlington House, spent a year in a debtor's prison and died a near-pauper on Cumberland Island, Georgia, in 1818.
In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated directly across the Potomac River from Arlington House. That same year the United States government decided a bridge should stretch across the Potomac River at this location, connecting the Lincoln Memorial to Arlington House and Arlington National Cemetery.
Robert Edward Lee was born in 1807, into a prominent family at Stratford Hall in Virginia. Soon after Robert’s birth, his father’s poor financial management forced the family to leave Stratford Hall. Moving to Alexandria, Virginia, he met and would eventually marry his distant cousin, Mary Custis, heiress of
Mar 2, 2024 · Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary Anna, lived at Arlington House until 1861, when Virginia ratified an alliance with the Confederacy and seceded from the Union. Lee, who had been named a major general for the Virginia military forces in April 1861, feared for his wife’s safety and anticipated the loss of their family inheritance.
Aug 21, 2024 · Historic Handbook #6: Custis-Lee Mansion: The Robert E. Lee Memorial (Murray H. Nelligan, 1950 rev. 1962) Historical Data for Grounds, Custis-Lee Mansion (Charles H. McCormick, June 1, 1968) Custis-Lee Mansion Structure Study (A.W. Franzen, April 1971) Foundation Document Overview, Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Virginia (January ...
Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, is a National Park Service (NPS)-administered site located within Arlington National Cemetery (ANC). ... from Virginia ...
