Letters to the Editor on Lee High School name and flag
Cyrus B. Fletcher of Baytown argues Mr Kingsmill should identify Lee as Commanding General of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. He says the Battle Flag, not the Confederate flag, provokes objection and that Robert E. Lee High School names should be preserved rather than changed to appease anger.
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Mr. Kingsmill
Robert E. Lee
Gen. Lee
Northern Virginia
Army of
Robert E. Lee High School
Cyrus B. Fletcher
Baytown
Renaming Robert E. Lee High School Urged by Grandson
William R. "Rick" Trout of Vancouver Washington calls for renaming his alma mater and rejects reverence for Confederate figures. He notes his ancestry includes Confederate soldiers and slave owners but argues the nation must move beyond glorifying such figures to honor the Declaration of Independence and equal rights.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Tennessee
William Trout
Andrew Jackson Jr
Fort Morgan
Mobile Bay
Alabama
Elmira
New York
Robert E. Lee
Lee
South
William R
Rick” Trout
Vancouver
Washington
History notes mark landmark U S events on this date
Chronology highlights key moments: 1862 Lincoln signs Army Medal of Honor bill, 1909 House and Senate urge 16th Amendment ratification, 1974 Nixon creates Congressional Budget Office, 1984 Ferraro as Walter Mondale’s running mate, 1994 Clinton visits East Berlin, 2003 USS Ronald Reagan commissioned, and a 2025 stock market milestone with S&P 500 above 3000.
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Abraham Lincoln
House of Representatives
Senate
Richard Nixon
Congressional Budget Office
Walter Mondale
U.S
Geraldine A. Ferraro
New York
Ferraro
Bill Clinton
Germany
Berlin
Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan
Norfolk
From Newsroom to Medical Dream A Retired Editor Seeks Doctor Path
Jim Finley, former Sun managing editor, shares a personal memoir style letter about switching careers after his wife Margie’s illness at Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital. He recalls doctors who inspired him, family ties to medicine, and a plan to attend med school at the University of Arkansas with a brain surgeon goal. He signs as Dr. Jimbo hoping CEO David Bernard will hire him.
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Margie
Houston Methodist Baytown Hospital
Christian Erikson
Texas Children’s Hospital
the Woodlands
University of Arkansas
West Columbia
Dr. Greenwood
Mangum
W.C
Sweeny
Dr. Laughlin
Main
Doris Goodman
Houston Methodist Baytown
David Bernard
David
Jimbo
Jim Finley
the Sun
Baytownsun.com
Public schools tackle Confederate names amid national reckoning
Ray Wilson notes a turning point as communities reassess monuments and school names tied to the Confederacy. The piece discusses Robert E. Lee and other leaders, Southwest districts replacing historic names, and calls for reconciliation while noting the ongoing debate over honoring Confederate figures.
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