After a very long day of driving from Massachusetts to Nashville (eventually) on our summer visiting-relatives tour, my wife and I stopped in Lexington, Virginia, to find a hotel and some dinner.  I pulled into the first empty parking spot on Main Street and when I got out of the car, lo and behold, was a beautiful old hotel with a bustling outdoor, second-floor restaurant.  Perfect.  And to boot, it is called the most politically incorrect name of The Robert E. Lee Hotel.  Located about a fifteen-minute walk from the Lee family burying place at Lee’s Chapel at Washington and Lee University (where General Lee was the president from 1865 until his death in 1870).  If you’e ever in Lexington, I recommend the Bistro on Main, a block away from this hotel, for a great meal.

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