But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states ...

Mississippi officially commemorates both Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. It's beyond time the state stops ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

Mississippi and Alabama are the last states to celebrate Confederate general Robert E. Lee alongside Civil Rights icon Martin ...

Lee County is named after Robert E. Lee, a Confederate general in the American Civil War who eventually commanded all Confederate armies. The name came at the urging of retired Confederate Capt.

Martin Luther King Day is a celebration of the late civil rights leader, taking place on the 3rd Monday in January. However, two states celebrate another historical figure on the same day, confederate ...

“I thought it was very interesting that a school would choose that,” said Burge, now a history teacher in ... Jim Plyler Instructional Complex. Robert E. Lee High School was opened in 1958 ...

Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin ... Here's what you need to know about King-Lee Day and its history. Will mail be delivered? Will banks be open? Martin Luther King ...

This simulation of the battle is a test to pit your decisions as Robert E. Lee against what actually ... only a bit of experimental "counterfactual" history to see what might have been, and ...