But the great and crowning act which I will never forget was that I had the honor to help place the statue of Robert E. Lee, the greatest general of the Civil War, in Statuary Hall, in the Capitol at Washington, with the statues of others of the most distinguished sons of the Republic, and by the side of George Washington, our First President . McCreary County, Ky in the Southereastern part of the State was named in honor of Gov. McCreary. In 1913, McCreary attended the 50th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. There are no more patriotic people than Confederate veterans. Kentucky State Historical Society.
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