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