Robert E Lee’s home on market for $5.9m – but listing fails to mention him

Photo in listing for Virginia house appears to have edited out a plaque referencing the Confederate general

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The house at 607-601 Oronoco Street in Alexandria, Virginia – a 226-year-old, six-bedroom, 8,145 sq ft mansion – appears by every measure a highly desirable place to live, if at an asking price of $5.9m.

But in a listing, the realtor selling the house fails to mention one thing.

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