one example would be credits stin gleed, a tuskogee air man. we have probably about 30 syphaxes that we know that attended howard university, several of which turned around and became teachers at howard university. we have a well-known surgeon, mickey syphax, who died just a couple of years ago, near the age of 100, who was a very prominent surgeon, professor, teacher at howard university. and we also have julian dixon who was a congressman from california who passed away in 2000 but served in the u.s. congress for close to just over a decade. the syphaxes have a long legacy here at arlington estate. in the 1860s when the civil war began, the lees left the property. robert e. lee left, departed, became a general in the virginia army and his wife also left fearing that there would be problems with the federal government. arlington estate was taken over by the u.s. army. it was considered a stronghold, a way to protect washington, d.c., and so it was overrun by a number of u.s. army soldiers. the lees, when they left, asked the slaves to attend i