Southern Horror #26

Southern Horror #26 (Virginia 26 of 32) by Kris Graves Washington and Lee University was established in 1749 as Augusta Academy. In 1796, the school received an endowment and part of its new name from President George Washington and in 1870 the school was renamed again after Confederate general Robert E. Lee. served as it's president. While this was going on, I was commissioned by National Geographic to photograph memorials, monuments, and sites of the antebellum South. My friend Marshall Scheuttle and I drove approximately 4000 miles across eight southern states making photographs of every site we could find. Some have been removed, most remain in place.