Poll of the Day > TIL: George Washington's Step-Great-Granddaughter was Robert E. Lee's Wife

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anna_Custis_Lee

Also, the last heir to Mount Vernon before it was sold to the Mount Vernon Ladies Association was John Augustine Washington III, who died in the early years of the Civil War as a Confederate Solder.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vernon#Preservation,_legacy_and_tourism

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Imagine that, Washington's descendants were still fighting for independence all of those years after George Washington did... except now they were fighting for independence from the nation that Washington had won independence for.

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*whistles*

Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was a citizen of the nation of San Marino, a small country in Italy that had its independence long before the Vatican.

Zeus posted...

Imagine that, Washington's descendants were still fighting for independence all of those years after George Washington did.

Oh hey Zeus still defending his favorite sorts of people. Confederates were inherently against independence.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Oh hey Zeus still defending his favorite sorts of people. Confederates were inherently against independence.

BS0: "The side fighting for independence was against independence!"

Can't spell BS0 without BS. And keep in mind that after America first won its freedom over objections to things like the tea tax, they turned around and almost immediately pushed the whiskey tax.

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Zeus posted...

BS0: "The side fighting for independence was against independence!"

How could I forget fighting to keep people enslaved is totally fighting for independence from freedom.