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200th anniversary of General Robert E. Lee's birth to be commemorated in US.

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| January 19, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Financial Times Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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Byline: ZINIE CHEN SAMPSON

History buffs are marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Gen. Robert E. Lee, the Southern icon that many still revere as a brilliant military strategist and a Virginia gentleman nearly 150 years after the end of the the U.S. Civil War.

Several events were planned Friday and through the weekend at key Lee sites, including Washington & Lee University, Lee's birthplace at Stratford Hall Plantation, and in Richmond, the former capital of the Confederacy _ the southern U.S. states that wanted to split from the union. Some events already have taken place, and others are planned in the upcoming months.

"Robert E. Lee was an outstanding general, a groundbreaking educator, and a profound…

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