Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Hilary A. Herbert, et al.
President Roosevelt regrets to inform the Committee of Arrangement for the Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of General Robert E. Lee that he will not be able to attend their celebration. However, he would like to join them in honoring Lee’s life and career as a “great soldier and high-minded citizen whose fame is now a matter of pride to all our countrymen.” He reflects on Lee’s life, character, and accomplishments and describes a man who “in the closing years of his life, served those who sorely needed what he so freely gave.”
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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1907-01-16