This "house" found in a National Cemetery in Virginia is a memorial to & once was the home of Robert E. Lee
... On 
May 24, 1861, just a few hours after the Commonwealth of Virginia ratified an ... 
Arlington National Cemetery continued its mission as a military... [DOC] [TLE] The Beginnings of Arlington National Cemetery - Arlington House ... [PAR] The fact that the land had also been the plantation home of Robert E. Lee 
probably made it ... Meigs likely appreciated the prediction that Americans would 
one day heartily ... [31] Instead, the former Confederate General and his family 
settled in Lexington, Virginia where he ... Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee 
Memorial [DOC] [TLE] Freedman's Village - Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial ... [PAR] Blacks from Virginia and elsewhere flocked to the city in search of work and 
shelter.