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Robert E. Lee portrait moved from City Hall (VA)
By Patricia Sullivan
The Washington Post
3 hrs ago
... Alexandria .. has quietly removed a portrait of .. Lee that hung on the wall of the City Council chambers for 54 years, relocating it to .. a local history museum.
Mayor .. Silberberg .. called the museum “a more appropriate place” ...
Like a similar portrait of George Washington, it was taken off the wall last summer as crews repaired the City Hall roof, then cleaned and repainted the room. But when it was time to rehang the art, the Lee portrait was replaced by a 1798 map of the city. The Washington painting was returned to the wall ...
http://www.journalnow.com/townnews/politics/robert-e-lee-portrait-is-moved-from-hometown-city-hall/article_f5e4b7a3-80c4-50fd-a570-c9fef6e5dbe9.html
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