(RNS) — Community leaders in Charlottesville, Virginia, have melted down a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, the removal of which spurred violent protests in 2017 that resulted in the killing ...

Communities across the American South have removed Confederate monuments from public spaces in recent years. Some have gone to museums, others are locked away in storage. But one particularly ...

The statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was at the center of the deadly 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., was secretly melted down last week to be remade into a more ...

The statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee that once stood in Charlottesville, Virginia, was secretly melted down at a ceremonial event. After both cultural and legal battles, the statue of Lee ...

An underwater look at wrecks that rest only miles apart in the Gulf of Mexico. The Robert E. Lee, a passenger steamer that was attacked en route from New Orleans to Trinidad, is seen in this image ...

CHARLESTON — A highway marker commemorating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will once again be displayed downtown, ending a year-long legal battle over its removal. "Lee will rise again in Charleston," ...

A painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform is back on display in the West Point's library, several years after the storied academy removed honors to the Civil War military ...

On Sunday, Jan. 19, the state of Florida officially honors the birth of a man who led armies to fight against the United States of America. Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ...

A 274-year-old plantation along the Combahee River in Beaufort County with ties to Robert E. Lee and Frank Lloyd Wright recently sold for $9 million. The 1,851-acre Old Combahee Plantation had been on ...