Major League Baseball is investing in Athletes Unlimited to support its softball league that will debut next month, marking ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s been almost a decade since the Austin elementary school my kids attended, the school formerly known as Robert E. Lee Elementary ... after the Civil War; by characterizing Lee as more ...

Confederate General Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ... which many in the Confederacy felt marked the end of the Civil War. Lee had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia ...

Confederate General ... Civil War. Jefferson Davis Day was added in 1905. Lee County’s namesake: How Lee County was founded and the controversy that follows years later Does Florida recognize ...