Along with Georgia, Mississippi recognizes Confederate Memorial Day, which Sen. Derrick Simmons calls "racist" and ...

South Carolina is one of only four states to observe the day as a state holiday, celebrating the lives of soldiers who fought ...

Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

Confederate Memorial Day was started in Georgia in April 1866 to commemorate the deaths of Confederate soldiers on the first ...

The state was the first to secede from the Union in 1860 ... Like the 30-by-50 foot Confederate Flag seen by an estimated 80,400 on Teaberry Road daily, SC's official observation of Confederate ...