The descendants of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and those of the people the Lee family enslaved came together for the first time at Arlington House, the national memorial to Lee in Virginia.

Families of Robert E. Lee and enslaved people unite to tell a more inclusive history together 05:29. Visitors can return to Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, starting on Tuesday.

Rev. Robert W. Lee felt like his integrity was being challenged when Confederate defenders continued to accuse him of lying about being a distant relative of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

The Descendants of Robert E. Lee and the Workers He Enslaved Join Hands in Racial Reconciliation The Confederate general’s Virginia home hosted families from all across the United States.

Family members of Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee and descendants of people the Lee family enslaved will meet on the very same land their ancestors lived and worked on in a reconciliatory event ...

The great-great grandchildren of Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and Stonewall Jackson have a message for those who adamantly want to preserve the Confederate leaders’ monuments: Let it go.

“Like so much else in this world, the Lees are complex,” said Blair Lee IV, 72, a retired real estate developer from Maryland who describes Robert E. Lee as a “distant cousin.” ...

White supremacists gather under a statue of Robert E. Lee during a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, August 12. Lee's descendants have denounced the violent actions that led to a counter ...

Lee then told Newsweek how the family doesn’t “want people to think that they can hide behind Robert E. Lee’s name and his life for these senseless acts of violence that occurred on Saturday.” ...

Descendants of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee will gather with descendants of enslaved persons at the place where they once lived: Lee’s former plantation home, Arlington House.

The proposed removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee became the spark for the violent weekend protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, rallying opposition from the KKK, neo-Nazis, and white supremacist ...