Robert E. Lee, and several of his commanding generals, specifically said that no one should ever commemorate their names or visages. That means no statues, or places named for them. They recognized that they were traitors.
Woodrow Wilson didn’t give a fuck about dead men’s wishes.
Why did no one nominate Robert Eleementary School to begin with? I’m certain that Robert E. Lee would be happy with that name.
Because Robert Lee was a Confederate general in the US civil war
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee
Robert E. Lee, and several of his commanding generals, specifically said that no one should ever commemorate their names or visages. That means no statues, or places named for them. They recognized that they were traitors.
Woodrow Wilson didn’t give a fuck about dead men’s wishes.