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Lee Chapel and Museum

Virginia

201 West Washington Street
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA 24450
United States

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http://www.leechapel.wlu.edu

Completed in 1868 while Robert E. Lee served as president of Washington College, the chapel preserves Lee’s office and contains the Lee family crypt. Traveller, Lee’s famous horse, is buried just outside. The exhibition Educating to Build and Re-build a Nation explores the evolution of American education from the colonial era through Reconstruction, using the history of Washington and Lee University to illuminate a changing nation.

Recumbent Robert E. Lee, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia

Recumbent Robert E. Lee, Washington & Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, photographed by Carol M. Highsmith, 2011. Sculpted by Edward V. Valentine, the recumbent statue depicts Lee asleep on the battlefield and stands in Lee Chapel above the crypt where he is buried.

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