The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, ...

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

Lee instead. Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state holiday since ... fighting to maintain slavery in the South until his surrender to the Union in 1865.

West Point graduate Robert E. Lee of Virginia was such a celebrated warrior during the U.S.-Mexico War that his former mentor, Gen. Winfield Scott, asked him to lead Union forces against the ...

Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated ... bill that proposed to move the date of Alabama’s Lee Day commemoration to the date of his death, Oct. 12, the bill, sponsored by Sen.

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in ... would have moved the Lee holiday to Columbus Day in October, which coincides with the month of his death.

Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do ...

Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights ... Trump to be sworn in as president, and we look forward to supporting his America First agenda. Mississippi is ready to help Make America ...