. Civil War officers. Confederate . the mansion. High-ceilinged and spacious, this majesticroom made a handsome setting for important gatherings andfamily events for many generations. It had grown dingythrough the years. Its paneled walls and pilasters have beenrestored to their original soft hue—a gray of bluish cast. The entire mansion has now been structurally interesting to visitors is the Mothers Room, kept intactas the place where Robert E. Lee and his famous kinsmen—Philip Ludwell Lee, Thomas Ludwell Lee, Richard HenryLee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, William Lee, and Arthur Lee
. Civil War officers. Confederate . the mansion. High-ceilinged and spacious, this majesticroom made a handsome setting for important gatherings andfamily events for many generations. It had grown dingythrough the years. Its paneled walls and pilasters have beenrestored to their original soft hue—a gray of bluish cast. The entire mansion has now been structurally interesting to visitors is the Mothers Room, kept intactas the place where Robert E. Lee and his famous kinsmen—Philip Ludwell Lee, Thomas Ludwell Lee, Richard HenryLee, Francis Lightfoot Lee, William Lee, and Arthur Lee—were born. Queen Caroline, Englands regent in 1729, gave threehundred pounds to Thomas Lee, who, according to tradition,used it for the completion of Stratford. It was bounty fora loss that Thomas Lee suffered as her magistrate; a prisonerhe had sentenced escaped and burned his home. One of ourambassadors to Great Britain, familiar with the story, pre-sented Queen Carolines portrait to Stratford. Lucy Lamar The American Home. At Top — The GreatHouse before the Resto-ration. Center—Mothers Roombefore Restoration. At Left — The restoredMothers Room, birthplaceof Robert /•. Lee, of thetwo /.(■(■ signers of the Declaration of Indepen-dence, and of other mem-bers of that historic family. &&*& ■ ■ - m $ ■ * ■ H ! ?m i- ! »?
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