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Merge?

Is there some reason not to merge this article with Arlington House? --JohnPomeranz 05:46, 7 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WP:ARCHA assessement

I gave it a "start" rating rather than everyone else's B because it's pretty light on the architecture side of things. --Mcginnly | Natter 13:17, 10 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Return to Arlington

The article says "Lee was concerned for the safety of his wife who was still residing at the mansion and convinced her to vacate the property, at least temporarily. ... Neither Robert E. Lee nor his wife were ever to set foot on the property again." I'm no authority, but according to an article titled "The Battle of Arlington" in the November 2009 issue of Smithsonian magazine, "... Mary Lee managed a farewell visit to Arlington in June 1873. Accompanied by a friend, she rode in a carriage for three hours through a landscape utterly transformed, filled with old memories and new graves. 'My visit produced one good effect,' she wrote later that week. 'The change is so entire, that I have not the yearning to go back there & shall be more content to resign all my right in it.'" Lodonian (talk) 20:47, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. Robert E. Lee never returned to Arlington House, but Mary Lee did. This is documented in several sources. - Ben Franklin 75.74.180.52 (talk) 14:28, 23 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Original photograph

There is a photograph from 1864 that would be a great addition to this page, but am not sure about its copyright. Here is the image: http://www.mikelynaugh.com/VirtualCivilWar/New/Originals2/pages/ArlingtonHouse1.html I don't know where Mike Lynaugh got the image, but would sure be nice to use here! User:taborgate (talk) 13:35, 5 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

George and Martha Washington's silhouettes

I have a set of silhouettes of George and Martha Washington exactly like the ones that are in the Robert E. Lee house. I saw them there in 1990 on a visit to Washington and I am wondering what year they are and what the worth is. Can you please help me with this. They are in the exact frames and are numbered. They are Tillimit Art of Boston, MA...Thank you in advance for any help you may provide. Cindy —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.195.54.140 (talk) 22:18, 17 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

GWPC, the step-grandson and adopted son of GW and only grandson of MCW... "Jacky" Parke Custis

I improved the following... George Washington Parke Custis, the step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington and only grandson of Martha Custis Washington... Custis' father, John Parke Custis... ("Jacky" Custis died in 1781 at Yorktown after the British surrender.) - Brad Watson, Miami 71.196.11.183 (talk) 16:29, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

April 17, 1861: Lincoln decided to offer Lee command and State of Virginia seceeded

I corrected an error and added some info, so it now reads... On April 17, 1861, just days after the American Civil War began with the Battle of Fort Sumter on April 12–13 (surrender on the 14th), the Virginia Legislature voted to seceed from the Union.^[1] (Citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia ratified by popular vote on May 23 the Commonwealth's articles of secession, essentially finalizing separation from the Union. See: Secession in the United States and Virginia in the American Civil War.)^[2] Also on April 17, US President Abraham Lincoln decided to offer the Command of the Union Army to Robert E. Lee. The next day, Lee, who at that time was a colonel who had served in the United States Army for 35 years, was offered command of the Federal Army by Francis Preston Blair (at Blair House) during a visit to Washington. Lee had disapproved of secession, but decided that he could not fight against his native State of Virginia. Instead of accepting the Union command, he resigned his commission in the Army in a letter written at Arlington House on April 20. - Brad Watson, Miami 71.196.11.183 (talk) 18:34, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Words missing?

'After the civil war, the original acres were cut in half because of the many new monuments and no more work yard.' Valetude (talk) 10:48, 13 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.virginiamemory.com/online_classroom/union_or_secession/unit/9

[2] Virginia Historical Society

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