{"id":1974552,"date":"2023-07-16T15:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T19:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grave-of-robert-e-lees-horse-desecrated-plaque-to-beloved-traveller-removed\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T15:27:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T19:27:00","slug":"grave-of-robert-e-lees-horse-desecrated-plaque-to-beloved-traveller-removed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grave-of-robert-e-lees-horse-desecrated-plaque-to-beloved-traveller-removed\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert E. Lee&#8217;s horse&#8217;s grave vandalized, tribute plaque removed."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrave-of-robert-e-lees-horse-desecrated-plaque-to-beloved-traveller-removed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974552&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Washington\u200c and Lee \u200bUniversity \u200cRemoves \u2064Plaque and \u2062Headstone of Robert \u200bE. \u200dLee&#8217;s Horse<\/h2>\n<p>Washington\u200c and \u2063Lee \u200dUniversity \u200b(W&#038;L) \u2064recently\u2063 made \u200ba controversial decision to remove\u2064 the\u200c memorials of\u200c Traveller, the notorious \u2062horse \u2062ridden by\u200c Robert E. Lee \u2063during the Civil War. \u2063This \u2063move \u200chas sparked \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-post-trump-gop\/\" title=\"The Post-Trump GOP\">heated debate<\/a>\u200c about the \u2062limits of political\u200b correctness and the \u200berasure of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-school-board-president-critics-of-decision-to-rename-schools-undermining-anti-racism\/\" title=\"San Francisco School Board President: Critics Of Decision To Rename Schools \u2018Undermining Anti-Racism\u2019\">historical figures<\/a>, even their \u200banimal \u200bcompanions.<\/p>\n<p>The Traveller plaque, which \u2064had been a fixture\u200d on\u2064 the Washington \u200dStreet wall of \u2063the \u2063Lee \u2062House stable\u2062 since\u2062 1930, was quietly taken down\u200c by university \u200bofficials. Two \u2064other plaques \u200din \u2063Payne Hall, \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grave-of-robert-e-lees-horse-desecrated-plaque-to-beloved-traveller-removed\/\" title=\"Robert E. Lee's horse's grave vandalized, tribute plaque removed.\">commemorating significant rooms related<\/a>\u200c to \u2063Lee, were\u2062 also removed without prior\u200c announcement.<\/p>\n<p>While \u2062the university did not\u200c provide\u2064 a reason for the removals, it\u200c was later revealed\u200d that\u200b the\u2062 plaques\u200c would be \u2064relocated to\u200d a new \u2064permanent\u200d exhibit in\u200d the University Chapel.\u200d However,\u2063 Traveller&#8217;s\u200d headstone, which had been placed over 50 \u2064years ago, \u2064was also\u2062 removed, leaving many\u200c questioning\u2063 the \u2064university&#8217;s motives.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, \u200dvisitors \u200cwould leave pennies \u200cor\u200b apples\u200d on Traveller&#8217;s grave as\u200b a sign\u200d of respect\u2062 and remembrance. In \u200dresponse to the removal\u2064 of the plaques,\u2062 a group\u200d of \u200bstudents\u2064 and\u2062 alumni placed \u200cnumerous apples on Traveller&#8217;s\u2063 grave, capturing \u2062a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-stop-the-steal-arrivesthe-hour-of-action-video\/\" title=\"WOW! Stop The Steal Arrives\u2026The Hour Of Action [Video]\">powerful image<\/a> that quickly went viral.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to\u2064 remove \u200bthese memorials\u200d has\u200c drawn\u2063 criticism from\u200c those who\u200d believe it\u2064 is \u2062an attempt\u200b to erase \u2063history. \u2064Twitter users expressed \u2064their frustration\u200d with what they\u2064 saw as \u2062excessive political correctness, with \u2064one user \u2064sarcastically pointing \u2064out that\u2062 Lee\u2063 didn&#8217;t \u2064even own 200 slaves, as Traveller was \u200crumored\u2062 to \u2064have \u2064done.<\/p>\n<blockquote\u2064 class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p \u200bdir=\"ltr\" \u2063lang=\"en\">The cancellation at Washington &#038; Lee University continues.<br \/>\nToday \u200ca \u200ctraitorous horse \u200dhad its\u200c plaque\u2064 removed.<br \/>\nTraveler is\u200c known to have owned 200 \u200cslaves.\u200b Hate the \u200csarcasm? \u200cWell, Lee\u200d didn\u2019t own\u2063 200 slaves\u200b either. #cancelculture #history \u200b#WokeMindVirus\u2063 https:\/\/t.co\/8oEJZkpyCE<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jefferson \u2064Davis\u200d (@Jeff_Davis1808)\u2064 July 13,\u200d 2023<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Generals\u2063 Redoubt (TGR),\u200c a non-profit\u200b alumni \u2064group, \u200cexpressed\u2063 their \u2064opposition to the removals \u200cby\u200b sharing the viral photograph.\u200b They\u200d accused President Dudley \u2063of wanting to eliminate all\u2063 references \u2062to Robert\u200b E.\u2063 Lee from the\u200c campus.<\/p>\n<p>Robert E. Lee\u200b served as\u200d the university&#8217;s most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/2-vietnams-8-pearl-harbors-and-10-september-11s-more-than-165k-americans-dead-from-covid-in-bidens-first-100-days\/\" title=\"2 Vietnams, 8 Pearl Harbors, and 10 September 11s: More Than 165K Americans Dead From COVID in Biden\u2019s First 100 Days\">transformative president<\/a>, leading to the\u200b institution \u2063changing its\u200c name to Washington and\u2062 Lee University after \u2063his death. Legend \u2063has it that the \u2064doors of\u200d the stable \u200bmust \u200bremain open\u200d for the ghost of Traveller to \u200cvisit at will. \u2064However, \u2064with the removal of\u200b these \u200cmemorials, \u2064it \u2063seems\u200b unlikely that \u2063the\u200b loyal equine\u2064 would feel welcome at a\u2064 university \u200dthat is erasing his master and\u200b him\u2063 from their history.<\/p>\n<p>Source:\u2063 <a\u200b rel=\"nofollow\" \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/grave-robert-e-lees-horse-desecrated-plaque-beloved-traveller-removed\/\">The Western \u2064Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington and Lee University (W&amp;L) recently removed the memorials of Traveller, the horse ridden by Robert E. Lee during the Civil War. 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