Built by George Washington Parke Custis between 1802 and 1818 to serve as a memorial to his step-grandfather, George Washington, the house is now associated more with the man who married into the ...

Grant than Confederate General Robert E ... Lee evacuated Richmond and Petersburg on the evening of April 2. A week later, he surrendered what remained of his army to Grant at Appomattox Court House.

Ralph Northam's office announced Friday morning that crews taking apart the Robert E. Lee statue's pedestal in ... something that looked 'different'" inside a large block in the pedestal.