Virginia. Lee Monument Association.
On October 17, 1870, five days after Robert E. Lee died, the Ladies Lee Monument Association organized in a Richmond parlor. On October 25 the Lee Monument Association formed. By an act of Assembly, January 14, 1871, the Lee Memorial Association incorporated and on January 25 an act incorporated the Lee Monument Association.
The Association could raise money by subscription and contribution to acquire a plot of ground on which to erect a monument to Lee, and provide a final resting place for Lee's remains with the assent of members of his immediate family.
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