CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Confederate memorial to Robert E. Lee now sits in Marion Square, but questions have arisen about how the tribute to the controversial figure was placed in such a prominent location
The highway memorial displays the seal of the Confederacy in tribute to Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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In 1947, the City of Charleston donated the Robert E. Lee highway marker to the Charleston chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC). It was installed at what is now the Charleston School of Math and Science, where it stood for decades.
In 2021, the Charleston County School District voted to remove the memorial from the campus. The decision was initially met with a lawsuit from the Charleston chapter of the UDC, though the suit was later dropped…