For more than 100 years commemorative plaque to General and commander of the army of Northern Virginia in the Civil war Robert E. Lee was affixed to a tree near St John’s Church in Fort Hamilton.
As reported by the New York Post, August 15, representatives of the diocese announced that they will remove the plaque after the events in Charlottesville last weekend. At this point, the Board already dismantled.
«People for whom the Civil war was a critical moment, and especially the descendants of former slaves should not pass by the Church building and see the monument to the Confederate General,» commented the act of the Bishop, Lawrence Provenzano of long island.
As it became known, the Episcopal Church of St. John closed in 2014, but its territory has preserved maple tree, which remained a memorial plaque. Episcopal diocese of long island is the owner of the Church.
Sources report that General Robert E. Lee planted a maple tree during his stay at the military base at Fort Hamilton in 1840. The organization «United daughters of the Confederacy» established a memorial Board in 1912, almost 50 years after Lee led the Confederate army during the Civil war.
«This tree was planted by General Robert Edward Lee, located in Fort Hamilton 1842 and 1847,» written on a plaque. It is known that today twice on the spot the dead trees and planted new. According to Bishop Provenzano, the current maple is a «descendant» that was planted by the commander in chief.
Moments ago, this 1912 plaque stood outside St John’s Episcopal Church in Fort Hamilton. Now it lays on the ground. pic.twitter.com/jtsFlSwVuz
— Jim O’grady (@jimog) August 16, 2017
HISTORIC. St. John’s Episcopal Church in Fort Hamilton just removed plaque to Robert E Lee installed by Daughters of Confed’in 1912 cy @WNYC pic.twitter.com/y9wIexaWtQ
— Jim O’grady (@jimog) August 16, 2017
