Arkansas Ties ... A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That, and a Whole Lot of Arkansas

Robert E. Lee Memorial New Orleans, Louisiana Built in 1884, the Robert E. Lee Memorial is 60 feet tall and weighs over 7,000 lbs.  The actual statue of Robert E. Lee is 16 feet tall and faces north because Lee believed you should never turn your back on the enemy. Robert E. Lee 1807 - 1870 Commander in Chief Confederate States of America 1861 - 1865 Placed by Julia Jackson Chapter No. 4 Children of the confederacy