one is by december of 1862, robert e. lee is robert e. lee. estimate not just the son in law of george washington bart custice. if robert e. lee went into any virginia confederate court and said, you know, i don't really want to go through with this, i shouldn't have to go through with this, i seriously doubt whether any virginia confederate court would have stopped him. if he wanted to derail a process, who is going to stand in the path of general lee? the other interesting thing is that lee persists in moving forward with this emancipation and not only emancipates the custice slaves but the one slave family he was given in his own name which he was not obliged to emancipate, by the beginning of 1863, robert e. lee is slaveless and badgering jefferson davis, saying the confederacy must emancipate its slaves or they won't have standing in the rest of the world. by 1865, advocating the emancipation and recruitment of slaves for the confederate army. on both terms it's easy to say, well he was doing this out of pragmatic reasons, not that he was

and it robert e. lee'sother was a virginia carter in the corners, the carter's were the first among family and robert e. lee himself and military career by injuring this point in 1925, they did so marvelously well he was commissioned upon graduation 1829, and the corps of engineers, where he undertook a series of coastal engineering projects that lay from georgia to new york city to the st. louis area and he learned his most impressive military bouquets of scott in the next hundred base can work of the scots she paid the dramatic campaign from the coast and crews to mexico city in 1947, and from there, robert e. lee served as super in tenant's west point in 1851, military currently writes to him and then through his under brief time, the first u.s. calvaryry and th, the outbreak of the civil war, he is offered a field commanded of the united states forces. and at thatt moment, he turned his back for more 30 years of service and commanded in a virginia state and then in the confederate field army, the army o

one is, by december 1862, robert e lee is robert e lee. s not just the son-in-law of george washington, robert e lee had gone to any confederate court said i don't want to go through with this, i shouldn't have to go through with this, i seriously doubt whether any bridging effect confederate court would have stopped him. if he wanted to derail the whole process, who would stand up impact of general we? the other interesting thing is that lee persists moving forward with the emancipation. not only emancipate slaves but a slave family he did in his own name which he was not obliged by the custis estate for emancipating. we can have 1863, robert e lee is slave less. what's more, he's battering jefferson davis. he sank the confederacy must emancipate us slaves because otherwise we're never going to have any time standing in the eyes of the rest of the world but spring of 1865, he's advocating emancipation of slaves. the confederate army. on both terms, it's easy to say while he was doing this out of pragmatic reasons, not because he felt moral

but now, let me turn to robert e. lee. mary chestnut first met robert e. lee just before the war at white salt or springs in west virginia. his wife was plagued by rheumatoid arthritis, they came to silver springs to benefit from her bathing in the hot springs there. one of the few things that could give her relief from the march of disease. mary chestnut -- of course one of the famous diary keepers of the confederacy, remembered that a man riding a beautiful horse joined us, wearing a hat with, somehow, a military look to it. and she said, he sat his horse gracefully and he looks so distinguished at all points that i very much regretted not catching the main. mary chestnut was intrigued by this man. who was he? where did he come from? it was explained to her that he was robert edward lee. chestnut marveled. everything about him, she said, we so fine looking that the word, which came unbidden to her mind was perfection. she said there was no fault to be found. and yet, mary chestnut was not entirely enchanted with robert e. lee, or at least not early nearly

then i said lincoln, grant, robert e lee. i saw a lot of nodding their i said look, you may not know who these guys are, you may not know any details of their life for when i said their name, and image brought into your head and attached to it whether historically right or wrong, some characteristics. that's the influence i'm talking about that permeates to the levels of the uninitiated. they're going to have an opinion in their minds i about important figures of the war and i want to emphasize everything i am talking about pertains to those campaigns, those times that transcended themselves and become almost symbols of things. the battle of trudeau's elbow probably would make it but gettysburg, sherman's march, appomattox, i think they all fall into those categories. i think in many of those cases, influencers help fill in memory blanks on the veterans who try that. i've made some changes in the morning and i have arrows here and arrows there. look, there's another force that helped shape them. there is a process that happen

you have robert e. lee looking at it, you have sickles agreeing with robert e. lee, you have george meade assessing it, and neutral ground. so there is the question of, is it logical to consider it? and then deny that general robert e. lee or sickles overestimate that. i'm not going to do the battle here on power point, it is very hard to do civil war battles with power point presentations, i think that is why so few people actually do it. we are going to skip ahead, you guys know what happens. the attack the union -- eventually sickles's troops are driven out of the peach orchard. as far as the meade and sickles controversy goes, arguably one of the best things that could have happened to sickles was this. [laughs] because the confederate a turtle shell, it comes in and smashes into sickles's right leg. he is carried off the battlefield where he is amputated that night, and sickles is then removed from the battlefield. so he missed the rest of the gettysburg campaign. but he goes back to washington to recuperate. on july 5th, while recuperating in washington, wh

both robert e. leend dan sickles overestimated it, and lee actually used the peach orchard to spearhead a bigger disaster on july 3rd called pickett's charge. but did sickles knowingly act out of civil disobedience? i'll leave that to you to decide. which comes back to this guy. i've had this guy come up to me at the end of the presentation and say that was fine, but i still don't like dan sickles. again, i will say i was not trying to get you to like dan sickles, but what i do hope you come away with is a better appreciation of the story of kind of what i talked about, the three phrases, his role in the battle, his role in the history and his role in the preservation and, as i've said at the outset, if you love gettysburg as much as we do, i think it's important to understand the phases of his career. hate him, love to hate him or hate to love him. i'm seeing the cue in the back of the room. thanks. ♪♪

it's in robert e. lee's report. so there's the value of it as perceived by robert e. lee, while george meade, when meade found out that sickles was out of position, wrote -- or is attributed to have said, the ground that sickles was on was neutral ground, the enemy could not occupy it for the same reason that his own troops could not. there is the title of tonight's presentation, huh? you see where i'm going with this? neutral ground. george meade assessed it as neutral ground. rob e. lee looking at it for artillery, you have sickles agreeing with robert e. lee, you have george meade assessing it as neutral ground. there's the question of, is it logical to consider it as a valuable position and did either general lee or sickles overstatement that. and we'll come back to that. now, i'm not going to do the battle here in powerpoint, it's very hard to do civil war battles with powerpoint presentations, i think that's why so few people actually do it. so we'll skip ahead. you guys know what happens. longstreet attacks the union left flank with great vigor, little round top

robert e. lee in front of general longstreet the enemy held the position from which if he could be driven it was thought our artillery could be used to advantage in assaulting the more elevated ground beyond. guess what? robert e. lee wanted that position for artillery i would say imagine that robert e lee being out guest by dummel dan sickles, right? i do have a friend who always says well, you know, even a blind squirrel can get a nut sometimes so there's that possibility too, but all joking aside. it's very clear from robert e. lee's reports that he valued this position for artillery very much, you know kind of the chancellorsville fear that sickles had in the first place. so so, you know in a couple prominent historians have kind of said no lead didn't do that sickles made that up, you know? no that's not true. and i'm not i'm not gonna name his story. it's good. i don't do that. i'm a nice guy, but some prominent historians have written it's sickles manufactured the confederates interest and t

that robert e. lee taken down. the city council voted the following year, 2017, that it should be taken down. but while the whole question of what was going to happen to that statuesque up in legal wrangling in 2017, new nazi white supremacists and neo-confederate groups seized on the very threat that the robert e. lee statue might come down as their pretext for holding their unite the right rally in charlottesville. the statue of the center of that didn't actually come down until july of this year. since then, just a couple of weeks ago, the client and neo-nazi and neo-confederate groups that organize that deadly charlottesville riots, the protests that statue in -- having to take it down. those groups were found liable to pay more than $25 million dollars in -- to people who were hurt by the whites prime misses wires in charlottesville. but look at what's happening in charlottesville right now. late last night, in a meeting that actually stretched into the early hours of this morning, the charlottesvi

i've got lot of thoughts about robert e. lee which i will not sure with you today. i may write a book one day robert e lee is not wrong. and everybody may they that o they know what it means. everything he had to do he had a reason for doing it. may not have worked. may not have been successful. may not have been the best choice but he had a reason. he didn't just do it because he felt like it. he did it because it made sense. we lead a lot of folks and sometimes just a simple explanation for it as i thought that that would work. i teach, why did sherman attack there? because if you punch your way through you can end the campaign quicker. and by the way with grant, his boss and friend, bogged down in virginia. he punches through, he looks successful when the other guy isn't. isn't that fun? when you can rub it if their face, i got this done. are what are you still doing up there? god knows probably sending some cavalry down to hicksford -- whatever group the place that was. but you know what i mean. now, i will say. this i heard joan baez on tv, on the radio rather.

in july of this year, they brought down the robert e. lee statue that was pride of place in charlottesville, virginia. tall way back in 2016, high school students started a petition to have that robert e. lee statue taken down. the city council voted the following year it should be taken down. the whole question of what was going to happen to that statue was caught up in legal wrangling, neo-nazi white supremacist and confederate groups seized at the very threat of their pretext of holding the unite the right rally in charlottesville. the statue at the center of that didn't come down until july of this year. since then, just a couple weeks ago, the klan and neo-nazi and neoconfederate groups that organized the riots in protest of that statue, having a plan to take it down, those groups were found liable to pay $25 million to the people who were hurt by the white supremacist rioters in charlottesville. look at what's happening in charlottesville right now. late last night, in a meeting that stretched into the early morning hours this morning,

virginia, today opening a time capsule from 1887, found where the statue of confederate general robert e. leepper box containing documents, books, coins, and ammunition from the civil war. they also found a ribbon with the likeness of robert e. lee. and a pamphlet titled, "the immigrant's friend." >>> when we come back, the surprise do-over proposal. after nearly 25 years of marriage, the husband who wanted to get it right. okay, we're not gonna ask for discounts on floor models, demos or displays. shopping malls can be a big trigger for young homeowners turning into their parents. you ever think about the storage operation a place like this must rely on? -no. they just sell candles, and they're making overhead? you know what kind of fish those are? -no. -eh, don't be coy. [ laughs ] [ sniffs, clears throat ] koi fish. it can be overwhelming. think a second. have we seen this shirt before? progressive can't save you from becoming your parents. but we can save you money when you bundle home and auto with us. but you know what? i'm still gonna get it. ♪ ♪ just two pills for all day pain relief.

i have a lot of thoughts of robert e. lee. e a book one day saying robert ely was not wrong. and then to have a reason for doing it. that may not have worked. that may not have been successful maybe not the best choice. that he had a reason but he didn't just do because he felt like at that because it made sense and i think that is something we read a lot sometimes it is just a simple explanation that i thought that word work i teach at kennesaw why did sherman attack there? because if you punch your way through you can and the campaign quicker and by the way with grant and his boss and friends bogged down in virginia he punches his way through it looks like he is successful when the other guy is not. isn't that fine when you can rather than their face and say i got this done? what you still doing up there? i heard on tv the other day rather the radio and joan said when so much calvary came, porch joe stoneman can't catch a break. [laughter] so much calvary. no. that is not the original says. somebody asked me at the sesquicent

a time capsule once buried underneath the statue of robert e. lee that had been recovered.pened giving historians a first look at the message from more than 130 years ago. cnn's randi kaye has the details. >> reporter: it wasn't easy, but conserve tors in richmond, virginia, drilled their way into this time capsule that's more than 100 years old. >> we are going to cut one side of the box where we can see i probably won't hit anything to lee lease some of this pressure. >> reporter: it was discovered monday beneath the base of the robert e. lee statue months after this historic moment. the 134-yard line capsule is made of copper. according to the newspaper from 188 #, is supposed to contain 60 items. this x-ray taken after its discovery offered the first images. items inside were said to include a battle flag, compass, 12 copper coins, confederate buttons, even a picture of former president lincoln lying in his coffin. only one photo of the casket still exists and the conditions inside the capsule aren't exactly ideal. >> water just squeezed out of it. maybe more wet than w

reports on what was found inside a 134-year-old time capsule discovered beneath the statue of robert e. lee. the copper box was carefully opened yesterday in richmond, virginia. inside were civil war artifacts including ammunition and money. there were also books, documents, and an image from an 1865 issue of "harper's weekly" showing president lincoln's grave site. this was the second time capsule find underneath the now-removed lee statue. >>> coming up, new year's riches. the whopping jackpot up for grabs in the last powerball drawing of 2021. >>> here's a look at the forecast in some cities around the country. ♪ >>> all right. now's your chance to enter 2022 as a multimillionaire. million after no one matched the numbers during monday night's drawing. if the winner chooses to cash up front, they'll walk away with more than $317 million. lots of money. >>> on the cbs "money watch," what's behind the continuing rise in grocery store prices, and the ultimate tv for relaxation. diane king hall is here in new york with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom. well, this morning st

the robert e. lee statue. >> the statue of general robert e. lee. nations story. >> a part of me i'm glad he's gone. but then a part of me i'm like, the issue is bigger than the statue. because you can remove all the statues in the world. if the system still stays the same. it does stand against black folks. >> i'm glad he's gone off the horse. i'm glad he's not sitting on the high horse anymore. because we weren't at the table when they created this stuff. but, even if if you have people that believe in those systems, that led us to being where we were. august of 12. >>> good evening. if all news is ultimately about the difference and the distance between then and now, then this was the biggest news night.

bottom because another thing that people, i love the comment this morning earlier where it says, robert e. lee was human. i have a lot of thoughts about robert ella which i will not share about today. i may write a book one day titled robert e. lee was not wrong, and everybody will think they know what that means, what it actually means is that everything he ever did he had reason for doing it. it may not have worked, may not have been successful, might have been not the best choice, but he had a reason. he didn't just do it because he felt like it, he did it because that made sense. we read a lot in these folks, and sometimes there is a simple explanation like i thought that would work. i teach in kenesaw, why determine attack there? because if you put your way through, you can end the campaign quicker. with grant, his boss and friend bogged down in virginia, he punches his way through. he looks like he is successful when the other guy isn't. isn't that kind of fun? when you can kind of rub it in their face and say, i got this done. what are you still doing up there? what are you doing up the

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defended at cedar mountain and pulling back from that battlefield surrender the initiative to robert e lee. lee will see is that immediately and begin to capitalize on all that it will provide him. the second manassas campaign continues to unfold, row and the army of virginia plummets brother, many men feel they are needlessly sacrificed after the defeat of cedar mountain, they are not be supported. ... >> by the middle of the month of august hope is beginning to learn that these objectives are set upon pressing his army and he began to make that series of decisions that are going to be to what will happen at the end of the month. but by the second to the last week of august, john pope starts make mistakes but he said pretty well in this campaigns of our other areas held at cedar mountain and he is holding some of the strategies and some of the campaign objectives that houston gave him but by august 25th of 26, he has gone completely off the rails and the stress of this command and the stress of the objectives, all that subject that we talked about is weighing on him heavily. john pope is

grant had, no doubt, stolen a march on robert e. leend now he simply had to approach petersburg, overwhelm a line of thin defenders that were supposed to be until the works around the cockade city and force lee to fight for his communications, accept a cede to richmond or abandon the confederate capital. there is the union set up for this. what about the confederate perspective? as i mentioned, lee was perfectly cognizant of the potential of grant crossing sooner or later and getting to the south side of the james. but lee was uncertain of grant's intentions. and he declined to consider butler's june 9th effort as anything more than a reconnaissance. no troops have left general grant's army, lee assured a nervous beauregard, and none could have crossed james river without being perceived. now, lee's confidence in this was derived from his own intelligence gathering abilities and on beauregard's line of scouts that were allegedly arrayed down the banks of the james river for many, many miles. but still, lee would order robert holk's divi

as a time capsule discovered under the former site of a robert e. leened, newspapers indicated the box rumored to contain a rare photo of abraham lincoln had been placed there. there was no confirmation until this week. one of the people you see in that video is kate ridgeway, the state archaeological conservator at the virginia department of natural resources. this is so exciting, kate. my executive producer has been talking about this non-stop all week. we're really excited you're here. >> thank you so much for having me, poppy. >> you worked in the area of conservation for many years. you have your master's degree in the field. here we see you cutting open this box that dates back to the civil war. what was the moment like? >> it was terrifying and i was so focused on what i needed to do, that i sort of blocked everything around me out which helped because there were a lot of people there. >> i want to talk all about what was in there. you guys thought it's going to be soup inside because it was found in a wet area, but it wasn't. and you note that t

when that military proclamation comes out, it leaves robert e. lee to make the famous statement, labeling pope a miscreant. and it's at that point many historians will argue that that becomes lees objective. he may have had other plans for 1862, but hope is his primary objective. we will get this miscreant out of virginia and then we will deal with mcclellan's army back on the peninsula. thank you. >> [applause] >> or c-span.org/history. >> good afternoon everyone it is my great privilege and honor to good afternoon everyone, it's my great privilege and honor to introduce the matt atkinson. matt is

when that military proclamation comes out, that leaves robert e. lee to make the famous statement, labelling pope a miskreernt and it's at that moment, many historians will argue that pope's command becomes lee's objective. ; that lee may have had other plans for 1862 but upon that, pope is lee's primary objective. we'll get the miscreant out and then deal with the peninsula. >> thank you. [ applause ] . >> cox is committed to providing eligible families access to affordable internet, bridging the digital demand one connected and engaged student at a time. cox, bringing us closer. >> cox, along with these television companies supports c-span 2 as a public service. >>> our next speaker is tom mcmillen. he's a life-long student of the history and civil war.

three months ago in a nation newly sensitive to glorifying a confederate general, the towering robert e. leewas taken down. historians delighted when the dismantling appeared to reveal a time capsule they believed it might hold a possible second photograph of president abraham lincoln taken after he was assassinated. but the box was nothing more than random keepsakes. but yesterday when teams cut through the granite pedestal, there it was, the real time capsule. >> everybody ready >> reporter: the 36-pound copper box opened by virginia archaeologists 134 years after it was sealed. >> not too bad it's not soup. >> reporter: inside, confederate money, bullets, a hand-carved confederate flag, a bible, coins, an old newspaper. but no photo of president abraham lincoln's corpse no photograph. are you disappointed >> a little bit disappointed but not surprised. abraham lincoln's widow, mary todd lincoln, absolutely forbid any photographs to be taken of her husband while he was lying in state. >> reporter: what they did find was an 1865 edition of "harper's" with a printed ov lincoln's coffin. etch

one of the things that we have noted -- it was back in september when the robert e. leeal point of social justice protests and so they took that statue down. this was about 12 tons or so, lee on the horse. it was the pedestal after that was removed that revealed some of these things and became a point of interest. that's when you had these cranes taking apart these big blocks of stone and trying to uncover what they would discover. so these are just some of the things that they are really excited about taking back and seeing what they mean. >> suzanne, it is so cool just to think about what the workers then wanted us to see in 2021. thanks so much for bringing us that. >> can you imagine? we've all done time capsules. you can only imagine later what those who come after us think about our time. >> absolutely. it's really cool. thank you. >>> "newsroom" will be right back. 12 hours?! who studies that long? mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs. - [narrator] introducing the grubhub guarantee: our promise to deliver the food you love on time, and give you the lowest price,

does it surprise you to see people are that virulent in their support and defense of robert e. lee >> they're not the ones who started it. defending it, i can understand that but they're not the ones that started it. had the people not wanted to teardown a beautiful monument, it wouldn't have happened. >> perhaps they should be moved to somewhere where they can be respected, not in a place of -- in a public display where it's doing nothing but sending a certain kind of message. >> i totally disagree with you. if it happened right here we commemorate it here. >> what do you think of jefferson davis? >> he's my personal hero. >> what about he was obviously someone who supported the expansion of slavery. should that diminish or tarnish his legacy at all? >> no, because he wasn't the only one. going to a school like jefferson davis they can destroy what they can, but they'll never destroy the legend of the man. >> how much credence do you give to the idea that these were men of their time? what does that mean? certainly they were men of their time but do we forget that? >> we were able

crews found it last week, removing the pedestal that held a statue of robert e. lee.s of the community donated items in 1887, most of the on bjects related t the confederacy. >>> the fda authorized pfizer's antiviral pill it's the first covid treatment in pill form to get the green light. >>> president biden extended the pause on student loan payments until april 1st. >>> no verdict in kim potter's trial. >>> jurors in the elizabeth holmes trial will also continue deliberating tomorrow. they have off tomorrow. >>> now you know the news of this wednesday, december 22, 2021 follow us on instagram and twitter at the news on cnbc. >>> 5:00 a.m. at cnbc global headquarters and here is your top five at 5:00 going for three in a row futures are muted at this hour with the dow looking to extend its two day winning streak into the long holiday weekend >>> shares of novavax are rising this morning following positive vaccine data >>> in washington,the supreme court announcing it will hear a challenge to president biden's covid jab mandate. >>> and almost d

i've got a lot of thoughts about robert e. lee, which i will not share with you today. i may write a book one day called robert e. lee was not wrong, and everybody will think they know what that means. what it actually means is everything he ever did he had a reason for doing it. it may not have worked, may not have been successful, might have been not the best choice, but he had a reason -- but he didn't just do it because he felt like it. he did it because that makes sense. and sometimes it's just as simple an explanation for it and i thought that would work. because if you punch your way through you can end the campaign quicker, and by the way with grant, his boss and friend bogged down in virginia, he punches his way through, he looks like he's successful when the other guy isn't. isn't that kind of fun when you can kind of rub it in their face and say i've got this done, what are you still doing up there? god knows probably sending some cavalry down to whatever group and place that was. but you know what i mean. i will say this. i heard joan baez on the radio the ot

for more than a century, this time capsule was buried in the statue of robert e. leenths after this historic moment in september. [ cheers ] crews dismantling the statue's base found what appeared to be a copper box as described in the richmond"richmond dispatch" bac 1887. the list of articles in the copper box was said to include dozens of items, including a battle flag, compass, 12 copper coins, even a picture of former president lincoln lying in his coffin. but it turns out this capsule was made of lead, heavily corroded, and partly covered in mortar. the box itself is an artifact, so they had to take care to preserve that too. using tongue depressors and -- a tool that vibrancy and has a hard metal tip that is much more easily controlled. it's good for getting the mortar separated from the lead. >> reporter: finally, late this afternoon, the time capsule was unlocked. [ cheers and applause ] inside, three books, a cloth envelope, and single coin. >> i saw one book that's an almanac from 1875. there was another book, i saw the word "love" on it and the author, berg

the robert e. leebeen the most prominent reminder of that era to come back. communities have been removing confederate tributes across the country as they come to terms with the dark past associated with the statues. the vast majority of these statues were installed decades after the civil war had already ended. >> in 1987 they were more interested in preserving the past than in looking forward to a more diverse and inclusive virginia. >> reporter: historians had been hoping to find a photo of abraham lincoln but so far no sign of the photo. >> we were treating them as artifacts. we're trying to stabilize them. then we'll be able to go back and figure out what we have. >> it will still be days and more likely weeks or months before historians have a complete understanding of everything they found inside the box. after this finding, some virginia leaders have decided to create a 2021 time capsule with new items including the first lady of virginia's covid mask. we'll see what they think of that in 130 y

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has been found in virginia under a giant pedestal that once held a statue of confederate general robert e. lee. now this box, to be open today, appears to be the one they were initially looking for. it is believed to be filled with civil war era artifacts, including a rare photo of abraham lincoln in his coffin. experts were disappointed last week after opening another capsule only to find some books and other random items. >> were they pranking us with the first one? >> no, they ted there were two. and they were looking for the second one. i'm pretty surprised they found it so quickly. today they opened it. so that photo is like "the", that's the crown jewel if they can find it. >> worth millions. >> abraham lincoln in his coffin. stay tuned. >>> coming up, the dramatic rescue of a dog on a freeway overpass. >>> but first, 2021, the year that was in pop culture. that's coming up next. you're watching "world news now." u're watching "world news now." do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. we tho

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. >>> the giant bronze statue of robert e. leece stood in the heart of richmond, virginia, is being donated to a local african-american heritage group and the group plans to melt it down. the statue was the focus of a white nationalist rally in 2017. and since its removal last summer, there has been questions about what to do with it. meanwhile, the final public vestige of the monument is slowly being taken apart. naomi ruckam has the story. >> reporter: crews have begun the next and final step in the removal of what many consider a symbol of white supremacy. >> really, i'm kind of, um, relieved. i look at it as new beginnings and a chance to open up the circle again for a community space. >> reporter: over the next month, the 40-foot tall graffiti covered granite pedestal that once held a statue of confederate general robert e. lee will be deconstructed and removed. in september, there were cheers as the statue itself was lifted off the base where it had stood for 131 years. public officials in virginia had resisted its removal u