tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045711592094820816.post4049063555994179485..comments2024-03-19T18:05:15.778-04:00Comments on The Portrait Gallery: Henry Lee IIIAllen Brownehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02871983840550191787noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045711592094820816.post-28389127730014267862020-07-19T01:20:17.477-04:002020-07-19T01:20:17.477-04:00At the Virginia Ratification Convention, great ora...At the Virginia Ratification Convention, great orator Patrick Henry led the opposition. James Madison was brilliant but soft spoken. His friend Light Horse Harry, the charismatic young veteran, offered to speak for the Constitution. Recounting battlefield experience, he explained why a standing army was needed; militia alone were insufficient. <br /><br />Then, “The people of America, sir, are one people. I love the people of the north, not because they have adopted the constitution but because I fought with them as my countrymen, and because I consider them as such. Does it follow from hence that I have forgotten my attachment to my native state? In all local matters I shall be Virginian: in those of a general nature, I shall not forget that I am an American. "<br /><br />His youngest son might not have gone so wrong if he had not lost his father so early.not Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956053583913278364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1045711592094820816.post-40869698743270789692019-09-08T10:35:31.907-04:002019-09-08T10:35:31.907-04:00Recommend Lee's "Memoirs of the War in th...Recommend Lee's "Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States." The courageous work of Lee's Legion, Gen. Nathanael Greene, and all the patriots in the South broke the back of British occupation of interior Georgia and the Carolinas. His bravery in Baltimore makes Lighthorse Harry a hero to all who oppose inappropriate wars.<br />When Robert E. Lee's statue on Monument Avenue in Richmond is moved to a museum, it would be appropriate to place a statue of his father in its place. The pedestal simply says "Lee." Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16211181734538879430noreply@blogger.com