West Point sheds Robert E. Lee, other Confederate symbols

West Point begins dismantling Confederate references in accordance with a U.S. Department of Defense directive, starting with Robert E. Lee, who graduated in the class of 1829 and went on to turn against the U.S. military in the Civil War.

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