I removed the forwarding to clean this up a bit. I don't normally send forwarded messages to my lists unless of course I feel the message is worthy. As most all of us are family historians I felt this deserved to get some attention! Please, simply delete if you feel that this is an intrusion....Melody In a message dated 4/17/00 22:43:19, jld4321@juno.com writes: << This is a email from a friend of mine that Portrays General Robert E. Lee...check his web site below, he looks the part too....requesting everyone sigh the petition at the bottow of this email... PLEASE SIGN IT....THEY KEEP TAKING THINGS AWAY THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED, WHAT IS NEXT..? Thanks Linda On Friday, March 3, General Robert E. Lee's Boyhood Home was CLOSED to the public after 30 years as a museum. The Lee-Jackson Foundation SOLD it to a multimillionaire couple as their private home, NOT open to the public.The sale was totally secret until it was a "done deal".The house was never publicly on the market, and the millionaire buyerasked the Foundation to keep the sale confidential. The purpose of this website is to spread the word about this heritage outrage and mobilize support to maintain the museum for the public. Won't you take a moment, visit the website and. if so inclined, place your name on the petition lending support to VA.'s Atty. Gen. who has taken the bold step of investigating this action by people that feel their money gives them the right to appropriate this National Treasure and deny the public free access to a Historic Landmark? http://www.leeshome.com