ROBERT E. LEE - HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Today, January 19, 2015, is an official state holiday in Louisiana. All honor and respect to Robert E. Lee!

Gen. Robert E. Lee
by John Adams Elder

Robert E. Lee at Stonewall Jackson's

grave in Lexington, Va.

Post war image of Lee on Traveler in Lexington, Va.

Equestrian statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, astride his horse, Traveller, in the park that surrounds the headquarters of the Dallas Park Board in Oak Lawn section of Dallas, Texas. (Library of Congress)

Lee and Jackson's Last Meeting

Lee at Jackson's grave in Lexington, Virginia

Recumbent State of Robert E. Lee, Lee Chapel,

Lexington, Va. (Library of Congress)