W&L ‘Hiding History Behind A Wall

April 17, 2023 Editor, The News-Gazette: Last week’s issue reported this sad front page heading: “W&L Wall Reimagined.” Translation: W&L finally decided what to do with Edward Virginias Valentine’s Recumbent Statue of Robert Edward Lee — it will hide history behind a wall. And here I thought we learned something about walls and history. From The Great Wall of China to the Berlin Wall, they have all ultimately failed.