Pastor’s claim to Gen. Robert E. Lee ancestry debunked by Washington Post
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Pastor Rob Lee, who spoke in Birmingham in 2018 denouncing the city s Confederate monument, has had his ancestry claim debunked by The Washington Post. He claimed he was a descendant of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee s brother, including at this appearance at First Presbyterian Church of Birmingham. (Photo by Greg Garrison/AL.com)
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The Rev. Rob Lee, who spoke out against Birmingham’s Confederate monument in 2018 while claiming to be a relative of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, is not related to the general, The Washington Post has reported.
How America Has Changed Since the First Census in 1790
By Diana Shishkina, Stacker News
On 5/13/21 at 8:00 PM EDT
The U.S. Census Bureau announced April 26 that the country s population between 2010 and 2020 had experienced its second-slowest rate of growth in U.S. history, topping out at 331 million people. Additionally, political power was slated to move south and west from the Northeast and Midwest, with Texas gaining two congressional seats and Colorado, Florida, Montana, North Carolina and Oregon each gaining one. Losing one seat each were California, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
Conducting a census and counting the American population every 10 years has been a practice since the ratification of the U.S. Constitution in 1790. Besides being a growing source of economic, demographic, and social information about the nation s people and being used to determine how many Congressional seats and electoral votes each state receives, the qu
This man says he s related to Robert E Lee There s no evidence washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Ask Rufus: A Lost Choctaw Silver Mine? The only old silver treasure I have heard of being found around Columbus are occasional Spanish or Mexican silver reales. These are the old “pieces of Eight” that were legal tender in the U.S. until 1859. They are the origin of 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits a dollar, 1 bit being worth 12 1/2 cents. Courtesy photo
Three years ago I wrote a column about a lost Choctaw silver mine in the Columbus or Macon area.
I told the story always assuming if there was any truth at all to the story it would have just been a hidden stash of silver and no way a silver mine anywhere near Columbus. But, of course, we all know what happens when you assume something.
This Day in History: April 7 msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.