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Congressman seeks to end park's designation as Lee memorial

by Associated Press
| August 20, 2020 6:27 AM

FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A northern Virginia congressman is pursuing legislation to remove Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's name from the official designation at the historic mansion where he lived before the Civil War.

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