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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1400816)4/28/2023 12:04:56 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (3) of 1575184
 
Wharfie,
Fort Lee, a U.S. Army post named after the leader of the Confederate army during the Civil War, was renamed Fort Gregg-Adams
I grew up in Maryland and visited Northern Virginia a lot. There were plenty of references to the Confederacy everywhere I went, and I didn't give it a second thought.

Lee Highway in particular became the location for a prominent Koreatown in Fairfax County. For all I cared, the name "Lee" stood for a common Asian last name, not the Confederate general himself.

Indeed, I still remember a Korean-American ESPN commentator getting "cancelled" because his name was Robert Lee. I kid you not:

ESPN Pulls Announcer Robert Lee From Virginia Game Because of His Name - The New York Times (nytimes.com)

Tenchusatsu

P.S. - It seems recently Lee Highway has been renamed. Now it's just Highway 29.
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