Arlington may swap Lee Highway name for Mildred and Richard Loving Avenue
Patricia Sullivan, The Washington Post
Dec. 10, 2020
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A tombstone marks a grave at an old African American cemetery that sits adjacent to Calloway United Methodist Church along Lee Highway on Feb. 23, 2012, in Arlington, Va. A county panel wants to change the name of the highway to honor Mildred and Richard Loving, the couple who successfully challenged Virginia's ban on interracial marriage.Washington Post photo by Jahi Chikwendiu
WASHINGTON - In an act of what might be considered historic poetic justice, a panel of suburban Arlington, Va. residents wants to change the name of Lee Highway, which honors Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, to Mildred and Richard Loving Avenue, the couple who successfully challenged Virginia's ban on interracial marriage.