Arlington House care home in Hove is still waiting for vaccinations and has lost one of its 22 residents to Covid. Photograph: David Steedman/Reuters
Arlington House care home in Hove is still waiting for vaccinations and has lost one of its 22 residents to Covid. Photograph: David Steedman/Reuters
Thu 21 Jan 2021 11.09 EST
First published on Thu 21 Jan 2021 10.48 EST
Covid outbreaks are slowing delivery of the vaccine to some care homes in England as GPs postpone jabs in infected facilities. Managers say they have been left as sitting ducks.
Suspected Covid outbreaks were recorded in 635 English care homes last week, a slight fall on the previous week, data from Public Health England revealed. But suspected outbreaks are still four times higher than at the start of December. Although the health secretary, Matt Hancock, said on Thursday 63% of care residents in England have received jabs. Covid deaths in care homes in England rose 46% last week to 1,260, the highest level seen s
Sir Winston Churchill called General Robert E. Lee, âone of the noblest Americans who ever lived.â
Please let me call to your attention that Tuesday, January 19, 2021, is the 214th birthday of Robert E. Lee, whose memory is still dear in the hearts of many Southerners. Why is this man so honored in the South and respected in the North? Lee was even respected by the soldiers of Union blue who fought against him during the War Between the States.
During Robert E. Leeâs 100th birthday in 1907, Charles Francis Adams, Jr., a former Union Commander and grandson of US President John Quincy Adams, spoke in tribute to Robert E. Lee at Washington and Lee Collegeâs Lee Chapel in Lexington, Virginia. His speech was printed in both Northern and Southern newspapers and is said to had lifted Lee to a renewed respect among the American people.
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Beyer, Local Delegation Introduce Legislation To End Arlington House’s Designation As A “Robert E. Lee. Memorial”
By: Rep. Don Beyer
December 15, 2020
Rep. Don Beyer today introduced federal legislation to remove the designation of Arlington House as a memorial to Confederate General Robert E. Lee. The legislation, which was partially inspired by the request of descendants of people who were enslaved at Arlington House, was cosponsored by Virginia Representatives Gerry Connolly and Jennifer Wexton, and by D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton.
“We are presently engaged in a long-overdue reckoning with the history of racism and slavery in America and in our own community, which has appropriately included a reexamination of public symbols. I absolutely support that process, including actions that make it clear we do not revere Confederate leaders or condone the enslavement of human beings,” said Beyer. “Robert E. Lee himself opposed erecting Confederate monum
Our Rating Neighborhood Northern Virginia Hours Apr–Sept daily 8am–7pm; Oct–Mar daily 8am–5pm. Closed Dec 25. Transportation Metro: Arlington National Cemetery.The cemetery is also accessible as a stop on several tour bus services, including Old Town Trolley. Phone 877/907-8585 Prices Free admission.Parking $2/hr. Web site Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is, without hyperbole, the United States’ most important burial ground. This shrine occupies approximately 624 acres on the high hills overlooking the capital from the west side of Memorial Bridge. More than 400,000 people are buried here, including veterans of all national wars, from the American Revolution to the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts; Supreme Court justices; literary figures; slaves; presidents; a