Robert E. Lee

Today is the birthday of Robert E. Lee. Although he is best known as a Confederate general, this marker honors a different accomplishment of his: he was an engineer for the St. Louis harbor. I photographed the marker in 2012 when a cousin and I took a trip to St. Louis, Missouri. It is located by the Mississippi River.

IN MEMORY OF

ROBERT E. LEE

ENGINEER, ST. LOUIS HARBOR

1837 –– 1841

HIS ENGINEERING GENIUS WAS 

RESPONSIBLE FOR MOVING THE 

MISSISSIPPI RIVER CHANNEL 

BACK TO THE ST. LOUIS SHORE 

PRESERVING THE CITY AS A
RIVER PORT

ERECTED BY 

THE MISSOURI COMMITTEE

R.E. LEE MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION

MRS. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG

MRS. CHARLES FOX

MRS. OSCAR JOHNSON, JR. 

MRS. H. NORBERT KIRCHDORFER 

MRS. H. TERRANCE KURRUS 

MRS. W. GILLESPIE MOORE 

MRS. LEIGHTON MORRILL 

DIRECTOR FOR MISSOURI 

MRS. AUSTIN B. LELAND 

TREASURER FOR MISSOURI 

MR. I. A. LONG 

MAY 17, 1977 

ROSEBROUGH MONUMENT CO.