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In the fall of 2018, the trustees of Washington and Lee University voted to paper over parts of the university’s history. On the recommendations of Washington and Lee’s “Commission on Institutional History and Community,” the board voted to close off the Recumbent Statue of Robert E. Lee in the university chapel that bears his name and to remove the name of John Robinson from an important campus building. A group of alumni were concerned by those decisions and started to dig deeper. They discovered that those weren’t the only attempts to de-emphasize their school’s history. Over the preceding year, the...

<p>LEXINGTON, Va. — A small town in Virginia is trying to recover its image after The Red Hen restaurant famously refused to serve President Donald Trump’s spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders.</p> <p>The Roanoke Times reported Sunday that a regional tourism board is pulling together emergency funds to boost its digital marketing campaign.</p>

LEXINGTON — Rockbridge Regional Tourism approved a recovery plan to boost its marketing after The Red Hen restaurant controversy brought a slew of negative national media coverage this summer. The regional tourism board, with members from Lexington, Buena Vista and Rockbridge County, met with the Lexington City Council on Thursday for an update on tourism initiatives and numbers. The board had initially approved the recovery plan soon after news of The Red Hen controversy was spreading across the country. At the end of June, the restaurant’s owner declined to serve presidential press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders when she visited the...

A small town in Virginia is trying to recover its image after The Red Hen restaurant famously refused to serve President Donald Trump's spokeswoman, Sarah Huckabee Sanders. The Roanoke Times reported Sunday that a regional tourism board is pulling together emergency funds to boost its digital marketing campaign. Normally that money is saved. But officials agreed the region is in desperate need of positive coverage.

LEXINGTON, Va. (WDBJ7) Hundreds of people, representing several different groups, gathered in Lexington Saturday for demonstrations sparked by the actions of a restaurant owner. Motorcycles roared down East Washington Street as dozens lined the sidewalk, holding signs with sayings like "The Red Hen laid a rotten egg." Nearly everyone who came out for a series of rallies was there to show support for President Trump, after the owner of the Red Hen asked his chief spokesperson to leave the restaurant more than a week ago. "That was the straw that broke the camel's back and set us off and made...

Lexington is a politically blue spot surrounded by a sea of red. It went with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 president election by a 2-1 margin. As the burial site of Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, Lee-Jackson Day festivities stoke strong emotions and debate. “I believe this city is losing its identity,” said Simon Islam, a senior at Washington and Lee University, which is in Lexington. “It’s become too liberal, and it’s had a negative impact.” John Findlay, executive director of the Republican Party of Virginia, showed up with a roll of Trump 2020...

Red Hen restaurant owner Stephanie Wilkinson resigned Tuesday from her position as Executive Director of Main Street Lexington following the controversy about her kicking White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family out of the Red Hen Friday night during family dinner in the southwestern Virginia college town, home to Washington and Lee University.The Roanoake Times reported on Wilkinson;s resignation.“Considering the events of the past weekend, Stephanie felt it best, that for the continued success of Main Street Lexington, she should step aside,” said Elizabeth Branner, president of the Main Street Lexington Board of Directors.”

LEXINGTON, Va. - Stephanie Wilkinson has resigned from her role with Main Street Lexington, a volunteer-based organization. Elizabeth Outland Branner, the president of the organization, accepted Wilkinson's resignation Tuesday morning.

After kicking White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders out of her restaurant, Stephanie Wilkinson, has been forced to step down as Executive Director Main Street Lexington organization. Wilkinson is a co-owner of the Red Hen restaurant, and up until she kicked out Sanders, was well-respected in her community. Her resignation came over email from the President of her local board who stated: “Considering the events of the past weekend, Stephanie felt it best that for the continued success of Main Street Lexington, she should step aside.”

FREEP THIS POLL- Vote: Should Stephanie Wilkinson remain as director of Main Street Lexington? She's the owner of the Red Hen who kicked Sarah Sanders and family out of the restaurant. Lexington is mad as Hell.

Red Hen restaurant: 11 E. Washington St Lexington, VA 24450 HOURS Tuesday – Saturday 5 to 9:30 540-464-4401 comments@redhenlex.com

Trump 62% Hillary 32% in Rockbridge County (Lexington), VA. http://politi.co/1N880ai

10:00 AM PT -- Her dad, Mike Huckabee, just weighed in on the incident by tweeting ... "Bigotry. On the menu at Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington VA. Or you can ask for the “Hate Plate”. And appetizers are “small plates for small minds” 8:45 AM PT -- Sanders just said, "Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully...

Full Title: Sarah Sanders confirms shocking news she was just kicked out of Red Hen restaurant. The reaction is swift. Sarah Sanders confirmed that she was kicked out of a Virginia restaurant because she works for President Donald Trump. But the White House press secretary noted that the restaurant owner’s actions “say far more about her than about me.” A server at the Lexington restaurant The Red Hen shared in a now-viral post on Facebook that his boss kicked out Sanders and her party. “I just served Sarah Huckabee Sanders for a total of 2 minutes,” he wrote.

(snip) Her father, Mike Huckabee, a former governor of Arkansas, candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and strong Trump supporter, responded to her tweet by writing: “Bigotry. On the menu at Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington VA. Or you can ask for the “Hate Plate”. And appetizers are ‘small plates for small minds’.”

White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed reporting this morning that she was kicked out of a restaurant. Huckabee Sanders claims it was because of her boss, Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so TMZ reported earlier this morning on the incident: The waiter at The Red Hen said, “I just...

Full title: Sarah Sanders response to being kicked out of restaurant: Owner's actions 'say far more about her than about me'Short video at link. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Saturday responded to being kicked out of a Virginia restaurant after a server's post about the incident went viral. Sanders confirmed the incident in a tweet, and said that she always treats those she disagrees with “respectfully.” “Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for [President Trump] and I politely left,” Sanders tweeted. “Her actions say...

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders was kicked out of the Red Hen restaurant in Lexington, Virginia by the owner because of her work for President Donald Trump, she confirmed to The Daily Caller. "Last night I was told by the owner of Red Hen in Lexington, VA to leave because I work for @POTUS and I politely left. Her actions say far more about her than about me. I always do my best to treat people, including those I disagree with, respectfully and will continue to do so"

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Actor Tom Cruise left a lot of cash in a tip jar for an accident victim. Cruise walked into a Virginia Dairy Queen and saw the jar with a photo of Ashley Flint and her story. Flint was in a go-cart accident in September. It has left her family with a mountain of hospital bills. So Cruise left $5,000 in cash in the jar.

LEXINGTON, Va. -- Students at Washington and Lee University chose John Kerry to win the Democratic presidential nomination during a mock convention Saturday with a remarkable record--since 1908 the students have picked the correct opposition nominee 17 of 22 times. "We thought it might come down to the last state's votes, but Kerry's momentum put him over the top with a mere five states to go," said Michael Denbow, political chairman of the Mock Convention's executive committee. Kerry won the nomination with 2,432 delegates. Howard Dean came in second with 943 delegates, and John Edwards received 719, the convention said....