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Fame of Lee Grows at Lee Memorial Virginias Shrine
The Danville Register notes Lee tomb in Lexington Virginia draws over a thousand visitors monthly, praising the Confederate leader as a Christian example and urging Virginians to uphold his memory. It highlights the Daughters of the Confederacy custodianship and the Lee Memorial chapel statue by Virginia artist Valentine. A separate anecdote recalls a boy’s blessing ritual and a humorous misperception about a jar. Kansas wheat harvest yields 1,500,000 acres valued at about 10 million from volunteer growth.
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