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Encyclopedia: Custis-Lee Mansion Lee for her lifetime and afterwards to the Lees' eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee. Arlington House is uniquely associated with the families of Washington, Custis, and Lee for it was built by George Washington Parke Custis. Custis, a farsighted agricultural pioneer, painter, playwright, and orator, was interested in perpetuating the memory and principles of George Washington. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Custis_Lee-Mansion   (2482 words)

Robert E. Lee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lee's sentiments were against secession, which he denounced in an 1861 letter as "nothing but revolution" and a betrayal of the efforts of the Founders. Lee's example of applying for amnesty was an encouragement to many other former members of the Confederacy's armed forces to accept being citizens of the United States once again. Lee served as an assistant in the chief engineer's office in Washington from 1834 to 1837, but spent the summer of 1835 helping to lay out the state line between Ohio and Michigan. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_E._Lee   (2928 words)

NPS Historical Handbook: Custis-Lee Mansion Custis' frequent letters lessened her daughter's home sickness, as did the whimsical, chatty ones her father wrote regularly to his "Dr Son and Daughter." In September of 1832, their first child was born there, a son named George Washington Custis Lee, after his grandfather. Furniture and choice provisions from the Custis farms helped to make the Lee's quarters at the fort more home like, while Mrs. Custis was usually busy with his farm, and since he liked to hunt, he might often be seen walking or riding about the estate with his gun and dogs; evenings he spent with his family by the hearth, or retired to his study to work on his literary efforts. www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/6/hh6b3.htm   (1023 words)

NPS Historical Handbook: Custis-Lee Mansion Custis had been ill of pneumonia only 4 days, how he had steadily failed, and how on the last day, after embracing his weeping daughter and grandchildren and asking to be remembered to his son-in law, had passed away while his rector said the prayers for the dying. Lee was able to manage the household and spend much time in her garden, while her father occupied himself as usual. Unlike many army officers, Lee had never been away long from his native State, and his months of hard work at Arlington had given him a sympathetic understanding of the problems faced by his kinsmen and fellow-planters and reaffirmed his belief that his first loyalty was to Virginia. www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/6/hh6b5.htm   (1048 words)

AmericanHeritage.com / Magazine Custis was seventy-two and was adored by the seven children of his daughter, Mary, the wife of the Superintendent of West Point, Colonel Robert E. Lee. Custis was not one to permit the influence of Washington to stop at the water’s edge. Custis’ father, John Parke Custis, the son of Martha Washington by her first marriage, died of “camp fever” in the closing hours of the Revolution, leaving four young children. www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1966/2/1966_2_16.shtml   (2661 words)

America Pinckney Peter Williams The Custis-Lee Mansion was taken over by the Union Army during the Civil War and became Arlington Cemetery. built Arlington House, which is now the Custis-Lee Mansion and part of Arlington Cemetery. Custis was a widow at the age of 25 with 2 children: John Parke (Jacky) Custis and Martha Parke (Patsy) Custis. freenet.buffalo.edu /bah/a/forestL/williamsA   (464 words)

Book Review -- Surviving the Confederacy: Rebellion, Ruin, and Recovery--Roger and Sara Pryor During the Civil War, by John C. Waugh The Arlington House/Robert E. Lee Memorial was originally known as the Custis-Lee Mansion: Custis, because it was built by Martha Washington’s grandson George Washington Parke Custis; Lee, because it was later inherited by General Robert E. Lee’s wife, Mary Custis Lee, Martha’s great-granddaughter and GWP Custis’ only surviving child. The elder Parks was born at Arlington House in the 1840s, was raised with the Lee children, and was a pallbearer at Mrs. In fact, Robert E. Lee was at Arlington House in 1859 when the government called him to lead federal troops to capture John Brown at Harper’s Ferry in 1859. civilwarstudies.org /articles/Vol_6/arlington.htm   (765 words)

U.S. Army Moves on Arlington House...Again! On June 29, 1955, the mansion was designated the official national memorial to General Lee. According to Edward M. Lee, Jr., president of the Society of the Lees of Virginia, the Army has revived a plan to develop the last remaining 24 acres of the original 1100-acre Arlington House property as a site for military burials. In a move eerily reminiscent of Federal Quartermaster General Montgomery Meigs' decision 135 years ago to bury Union dead on the grounds of General Lee's family home, the Army is attempting to extend the active life of Arlington National Cemetery by an extra five years. vaudc.org /arl-house.html   (637 words)

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial on Encyclopedia.com Formerly called the Custis-Lee Mansion, it is a memorial to the Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Arlington house was the home of Lee, inherited by his wife, the daughter of George Washington Parke Custis. It was abandoned by the Lees early in the Civil War and was later used as headquarters for the Union army. www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/arlingh1s.asp   (311 words)

Explore DC: From the Spirit of Washington to Hallowed Ground The emphasis of the narrative is the impact of a civil war on a single famous family — the Lees, who, as occupants of the Custis-Lee Mansion in 1860, lived within yards of the Potomac River, the dividing line between the two opposing forces of that "brothers" war. The Custis-Lee Mansion, a grand house, was modeled after an Athenian temple, which was situated on a high hill overlooking the capital city of Washington. After a tour of the Custis-Lee Mansion,* and the reading of both the narrative and supplemental reading, students are invited to imagine being thrust into a civil war where citizens were forced to choose sides. www.exploredc.org /index.php?id=268   (379 words)

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial (National Park Service) George Washington Parke Custis, Lee’s father-in-law, built the house between 1802 and 1818 to be his home as well as a memorial to George Washington, his step-grandfather. Lee made his historic decision to resign from the US Army at Arlington House and wrote his resignation letter in his second floor bedchamber. Arlington House, with its associated slave quarters and gardens, are now preserved as a memorial to Robert E. Lee, who gained the respect of Americans in both the North and the South and used his influence after the Civil War to help heal the nation. www.nps.gov /arho   (193 words)

WarSearch.com - ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA Lee’s mansion was the home of George Washington Parke Custis, adopted son of Washington; and afterwards the home of Col. Robert E. Lee, whose wife was Mary Custis. The mansion is preserved as it was in the days of Custis and Lee. The memorial amphitheater was provided through the efforts of the Grand Army of the Republic to secure a fitting memorial to our soldier dead and a suitable place for the thousands in attendance at the services of Decoration Day. www.warsearch.com /page.asp?articleid=330   (81 words)

Remarks Upon Signing a Bill Restoring Rights of Citizenship to General Robert E. Lee, August 5, 1975 Lee's dedication to his native State of Virginia chartered his course for the bitter Civil War years, causing him to reluctantly resign from a distinguished career in the United States Army and to serve as General of the Army of Northern Virginia. General Lee's character has been an example to succeeding generations, making the restoration of his citizenship an event in which every American can take pride. He sought to show by example that the citizens of the South must dedicate their efforts to rebuilding that region of the country as a strong and vital part of the American Union. www.ford.utexas.edu /library/speeches/750473.htm   (467 words)

"All Flowers Are Always Pretty When Someone Else Brings Them" The Custis-Lee Mansion was built in 1802 on the estate of George Washington Parke Custis, an adopted son of George Washington. As the luck of the draw—or the rifle ball—would have it, the very first soldier to be buried on the grounds of the Custis-Lee-Mansion-turned-Union/National-Cemetery was a Confederate soldier. They left their mansion wide open and the 500 acres it sat on unguarded. home.san.rr.com /prjacoby/flowers.htm   (1271 words)

Today in History: May 13 In 1831, Custis's daughter Mary Anna married Lieutenant Robert E. Lee in the main hall of the mansion. Lee's eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, challenged the government's assumption of the property for years, eventually securing $150,000 in compensation. Arlington House was built in 1802 by George Washington Parke Custis, adopted son of George Washington. memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/may13.html   (1004 words)

Wolf Run Studio - Arlington House Notecards & Prints Arlington House (Custis-Lee Mansion) was built in 1802-1818 by George Washington Parke Custis, grandson of Martha Washington, on the 1,100-acre plantation inherited from his father. Following the civil war, Lee's oldest son, Custis Lee, filed suit in Federal Court arguing that the government's confiscation was unconstitutional. Plans for the Classical Revival mansion are thought to be drawn by George Hadfield, a young English architect. www.wolfrunstudio.com /PAGES/pg_hsh01.html   (477 words)

Lee-Custis Mansion, Arlington General Robert E Lee and his wife, Mary Ann Custis (the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington and her first husband), lived in this house after their marriage in 1831. They remained here for 30 years until April 1861, when Lee chose to command Confederate troops and the couple abandoned the house. It was occupied in May, 1861 by Union forces. www.planetware.com /usa/virginia/arlington/lee-custis-mansion-us-va-custis.htm   (126 words)

MISPRINT. Curtis-Lee Mansion... should be CUSTIS-LEE Mansion Lee lived here afterwards and he was married to Mary Custis This Mansion is located on the highest hill in Arlington National Cemetery. color.by the Capitol Souvenir Co unused Fine to near mint condition labeled "W34 Curtis-Lee Mansion, Washington D.C. The back of the card states "CUSTIS-LEE MANSION" Home of G. Washington's adopted son George Washington Parke Custis.. www.cyberattic.com /stores/missglass/items/207878/item207878cyberattic.html   (56 words)

Find in a Library: Custis-Lee Mansion, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, Virginia Custis-Lee Mansion, the Robert E. Lee Memorial, Virginia Custis, George Washington Parke, -- 1781-1857 -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Arlington. Subjects: Lee, Robert E. -- 1807-1870 -- (Robert Edward), -- Homes and haunts -- Virginia -- Arlington. www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/e40eddbf762fda2a.html   (100 words)

Among Friends: Column 108: The View From Arlington Descendant Mary Custis later married Robert E. Lee, who, having declined to lead the Union Army, wrote his letter of resignation in the mansion before leaving for Richmond to head up the Confederacy's Army of Northern Virginia. Now called the Custis-Lee Mansion, the imposing centerpiece of Arlington National Cemetery is overseen by the National Park Service. Confined to a wheelchair, she did not; the plantation was seized to billet Union soldiers, though later the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Lees' son and the government was forced to pay restitution. www.tadbartimus.com /www/friends_pages/2000/column108.html   (693 words)

pt_mural_503.html "People of color were not on the payroll in those days," she said, motioning to her almost-completed painting of the colonial-era Custis-Lee Mansion, also known as Arlington House, the mural that graces the entryway to the men's restroom. "I wasn't personally familiar with colonial architecture." Pointing to the flowers in the mansion's foreground, Foster explained that the Lee family maintained large rose gardens. Some of these visitors leave spare photographs with her, and she has tacked an assortment up on the wall near the Lee Mansion mural. www.dcmilitary.com /army/pentagram/archives/archives/pt_mural_503.html   (1045 words)

History of Arlington National Cemetery In 1870 Robert E. Lee died and was buried in the chapel of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. It was inside this house that George Custis built a memorial to his grandfather, filling one wing with portraits and personal papers of his grandfather, George Washington. Arlington House itself was subsequently dedicated to the memory of Robert E. Lee, and in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson dedicated a special memorial to the Confederate dead of the Civil War at Arlington. www.homeofheroes.com /moh/memory/arlington.html   (1846 words)

Arlington House/ Custis-Lee Mansion Washington DC WCities Destination Guide Arlington House once belonged to Confederate General Robert E. Lee, whose wife, Mary Custis, a great-granddaughter of George Washington, inherited the home. As the mansion is located within Arlington National Cemetery, visitors must either walk from the Visitor Center or join the Tourmobile Sightseeing tour of the cemetery. The home is furnished as it was when the Lees raised their seven children here. www.wcities.com /en/record/,17414/37/record.html   (117 words)

CBS 11: The Final Resting Place On a vista overlooking Washington -- the Custis Lee Mansion. "Bobby Kennedy backed up the hill with his back toward the Custis Lee Mansion and kept viewing this visa...finally he arrived at this spot on the ground that he thought was the right place..." Kennedy showed up at 2 o'clock She turned around and looked at the vista again and began backing up the hill toward the Custis Lee Mansion. cbs11tv.com /jfk/local_story_323184832.html   (333 words)

Custis-lee Mansion Formerly called the Custis-Lee Mansion, it is a memorial to the Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Question.com > Encyclopedia > Places > United States and Canada > U.S. National Park System > Custis-lee Mansion Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial - 28 acres NE Va., in Arlington National Cemetery; est. www.question.com /link/X-CustisLe.html   (150 words)

Neddy’s Palaver :: August :: 2005 On the grounds of the Custis-Lee Mansion circa 1864, the former home of American’s greatest general, is where Arlington National Cemetery now stands. Today, the cemetery is almost full of American patriots who risked their lives for their fellow man. Arlington House The Custis-Lee Mansion sits high above the Virginia side of the Potomac River, across from the imposing memorial to the Commander-in-Chief of the army that won against Lee’s army, President Abraham Lincoln. When Union soldiers occupied the land belonging to the wife of General Robert E. Lee, in an act of retribution, they began burying their war dead there picture from 1865. neddy.blogsome.com /2005/08   (2760 words)

AllRefer.com - Custis-Lee Mansion, United States (U.S. National Park System) - Encyclopedia Custis-Lee Mansion, Va.: see Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial. You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > U.S. National Park System > Custis-Lee Mansion AllRefer.com - Custis-Lee Mansion, United States (U.S. National Park System) - Encyclopedia reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/X/X-CustisLe.html   (135 words)

Historic houses in Virginia Custis-Lee Mansion, Arlington National Cemetery -- home of Robert E. Lee Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County -- family home of the Lees www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Historic_houses_in_Virginia.html   (529 words)

Custis-Lee Mansion in Arlington, VA Postcard Description: This postcard pictures the Custis-Lee Mansion in Arlington, Virginia and is in very good condition with no tears, holes or folds. There is some minor corner rounding and a light crease at the lower right corner. Shipping outside United States: Quoted at time of purchase www.antiqnet.com /detail,custis-lee-mansion,634513.html   (170 words)

Text Only Version of Michigan's Sixth District House Site to 7:00pm, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Amphitheater, the Custis-Lee Mansion and the graves of Presidents John F. Kennedy and William Howard Taft. Arlington House Custis-Lee Mansion - Open Daily, 9:30 a.m. Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier every hour on the hour and every half hour during the summer months. www.house.gov /upton/text_only.html   (3791 words)

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