Schedule of Events

Media

• A W&L reissue of the 1929 book General Robert E. Lee After Appomattox, edited by the late Franklin L. Riley, a W&L history professor from 1914-1929.
• A broadside featuring a poem about Lee by R.T. Smith, editor of Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee Review.
• Articles about Lee in the undergraduate and law alumni magazines and in Shenandoah.
• The Lee Family Papers Project, based at W&L and led by Frank Grizzard, formerly of the George Washington Papers at the University of Virginia.
• DVD on Lee’s years at Washington College and his influence on American education (pending funds).
  

Exhibitions

• Original Lee manuscripts, Boatwright Room, Leyburn Library (January 2007).
• “Re-Visioning Lee,” Wilson Hall (grand opening Jan. 19, 2007).
• “Lee the Educator,” Lee’s Office, Lee Chapel (May 2007).
• “Not Unmindful of the Future,” reinstallation, Lee Chapel Main Gallery (May 2007).
• “The Washington-Custis-Lee Family Connections,” Lee Chapel & Museum (October 2007).
• Taking advantage of the exhibition about Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant (sponsored by the Virginia Historical Society and the New-York Historical Society and co-curated by William Rasmussen ’68, Lora M. Robins Curator of Art at the Virginia Historical Society), W&L will host alumni chapter functions at all venues currently planned: the Virginia Historical Society, Richmond (exhibition opening in October 2007); the Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis; the New-York Historical Society, New York City; the Museum of Southern History, Houston; and the Atlanta History Center.
  

Events

• Alumni College Campus Program, “Parallel Lives: Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant” (July 2-7, 2006
• Convocation 2006: Former W&L President Robert E. R. Huntley ’50, ’57L will include remarks on 2the anniversary of Lee’s birth, his importance to W&L and his educational legacy (Sept. 6, 2006).
• “Robert E. Lee—Shades of Gray,” a play written and performed by Tom Dugan and including the premiere of new material about Lee’s presidency of W&L (Jan. 11, 2007).
• Discussion by Professors Ted Delaney and Holt Merchant on how Lee is viewed today, Staniar Gallery of Wilson Hall (Jan. 11, 2007).
• Founder's Day address by W&L Trustee Robert Grey '76L (Jan. 19, 2007).
• First public reading of "Lee in Winter," a 200th anniversary commemorative poem by R.T. Smith, editor of Shenandoah: The Washington and Lee Review, in the Staniar Gallery of Wilson Hall (Jan. 25, 2007).
• Lee birthday parties at alumni chapters throughout the country, possibly featuring guests and speakers from W&L (January and February 2007).
• Special Anniversary Lee Memorial Program (Oct. 8, 2007).
  

And more...

• Special merchandise available through the W&L Bookstore.
• A gift for new students in 2006, reflecting Lee’s role at W&L.