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 ...

Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated by states in the South for decades following the Civil War, but was abandoned by most after President Ronald Reagan designated the third Monday in ...

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 Luther King Jr. Will that change?

Lee 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 the South ...