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Conservatives Are Mad That Robert E. Lee’s Dead Horse Has Been Canceled

OH HELL NEIGH

The horse had been dead and forgotten for more than 150 years—until now.

Plaque marking Robert Lee's Civil War horse, Traveller.
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Far-right critics have railed against Washington and Lee University for submitting to “cancel culture” after the school removed plaques commemorating a Confederate-era horse that’s been dead and long-forgotten for over 150 years.

The horse’s legacy had been so insignificant that even conservatives admitted it wasn’t a “major” historical figure.

University officials removed...

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