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

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon.

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

While talking about Fort Bragg, named for an ineffective Confederate general ... end of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis Day was added in 1905. Does Florida recognize Robert E. Lee's birthday ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states ... In the years after the Civil War, white politicians in southern states ...

Lee instead. Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E ... during the Civil War, fighting to maintain slavery in the South until his surrender to the Union in 1865. The general’s personal ...

Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin ...

When the federal holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers opted to add it to an existing holiday honoring Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Many states in ... honor the ...