Sunday is Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Why does Florida have 3 Confederate holidays?
Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.
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Alabama, Mississippi also honoring Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day
The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, ...
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Two states still honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day. See which ones, why
The only other state celebrating Robert E. Lee Day and King together is Alabama. Similar bills to separate the celebration of ...
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Sunday is Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Why does Florida have 3 Confederate holidays?
Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of ... Monroe County with Fort Myers, the site of the Civil War Battle of Fort Myers, as its county seat. Confederate Memorial Day was started in Georgia in April ...
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Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Louisiana in 2022 struck Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of official state holidays. Virginia in 2020 scrapped a holiday honoring Lee and Confederate Gen.
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Two states still honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day. See which ones, why
Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you know which ones? This year, the state and federal holiday also ...