Mississippi and Alabama are the only ... the other two Gulf Coast states, Louisiana decoupled the two diametrically opposed holidays in 2020 after Louisiana state legislators removed both Lee ...
Alabama lawmakers in 1901 named a January state holiday for Lee. Mississippi did the same in ... or rename Confederate-related holidays. Louisiana in 2022 struck Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate ...
But in Alabama and Mississippi ... related holidays. Louisiana in 2022 struck Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of official state holidays. Virginia in 2020 scrapped ...