Lee Robert E. Lee's Grave

[Buckeye Bill]

Henry Lee III (Light Horse Harry) was a general in George Washington's Continental Army. Lee died on Cumberland Island, Georgia in 1818. Lee was the father of Robert Edward Lee (Confederate General of the Army of Northern Virginia). In 1913, Henry Lee's remains were moved from Cumberland Island to his son's crypt at the Washington-Lee University chapel in Lexington, Virginia.

* Painting of Light Horse Harry at the Ninety Six National Historic Site.

* Henry Lee III oringinal grave on Cumberland Island National Seashore (Greene-Miller Cemetery).

* Henry Lee's remains moved from Cumberland Island, Georgia, in 1913 to the Washington-Lee University chapel in Lexington, Virginia.

* Robert E. Lee bust at the University Chapel museum.

* Buckeye Bill standing in front of the Lee crypt in the basement of the University Chapel.

 

[donna]

Nice photos. I like the painting a lot.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

Nice photos. I like the painting a lot.

Thanks, Donna!

The Ninety Six National Historic Site was a wonderful National Park Service venue.

The visitor center and museum contained 7 paintings in the theater.

* Light Horse Harry Lee
* Nathanael Greene
* Thaddeus Kosciusko
* John Cruger

 

[Buckeye Bill]

The Cumberland Island National Seashore was a great tour! We took a van tour of the island. On our last stop before we rode the boat back to St. Marys, our guide took us to the house where Henry Lee III died and cemetery where he was first buried. The cemetery was designed for the relatives of Nathanael Greene's wife. I highly recommend a tour of the Cumberland Island National Seashore.

 

[donna]

Sounds like great places to visit. Thanks for sharing with us.