[bradford]

On this date, January 19, in the year 1807, Robert E. Lee was born. He was a top graduate of West Point and one of the most celebrated generals in American history. President Lincoln offered him the job of commanding the Union forces, but Lee chose to follow his home state of Virginia which at the time was seceding from the Union. He commanded the Army of Northern Virginia and was Confederate president Stonewall Jackson's head military advisor. All before marxist activist Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was a twinkle in his daddy's eye 122 years later. So far I've yet to hear or see anything mentioned about Lee's birthday in the news.