History of robert e lee park baltimore
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Lake Roland (park)
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| Location | 1000 Lakeside Drive Baltimore, MD 21210 |
| Area | 500 acres (200 ha)[1] |
| Created | 1945 |
| Operated by | Baltimore City Branch of Parks and Recreation |
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Robert E. Lee
Confederate States Army general (1807–1870)
"General Lee" redirects here. For other uses, see General Lee (disambiguation) and Robert E. Lee (disambiguation).
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| Birth name | Robert Edward Lee |
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| Born | (1807-01-19)January 19, 1807 Stratford Hall, Westmoreland County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 1870(1870-10-12) (aged 63) Lexington, Virginia, U.S. |
| Buried | University Chapel at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Alma mater | United States Military Academy |
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| Relations | Lee family |
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| In office February 6, 1865 – April 12, 1865 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| In office 1865–1870 | |
| Preceded by | George Junkin (Washington College) |
| Succeeded by | Custis Lee |
| In office 1852–1855 | |
| Preceded by | Henry Brewerton |
| Succeeded by | John G. Barnard |
Robert Edward Lee (January 19, 1807 – October 12, 1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War,
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The Sun recently reported that City Council President Bernard C. “Jack” young proposed changing the name of the 450-acre city-owned Robert E. Lee Park to Lake Roland Park so as to remove the “racially divisive” Confederate symbol (“City to choose new name for Robert E. Lee Park,” July 17). A note of history supports this decision.
The park’s name was selected in 1940s by Robert Garrett who was then chairman of the city’s bureau of recreation. Garrett (1875-1961) was a noteworthy public figure. He was the wealthy scion of the Baltimore banking and B&O railroad family who became an Olympic gold medalist (Athens 1896), a financial leader, and a civic activist. He led the development of the city’s public recreational facilities, the Public Athletic League and the Baltimore Boy Scouts.
Robert Garrett was, however, a staunch segregationist who was adamantly opposed racial integration of the city’s parks, playgrounds, swimming pools and tennis courts. In the 1950s when integration took place he resigned from the Board of Park Commissioners. His national leadership in the white supremacist American Eugenic Society suggests that his devotion to segregation was ideological and deeply felt.
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