Mississippi and Alabama are the only two states that still celebrate Confederate Gen.Robert E. Lee’s birthday alongside the federal holiday set aside for slain ... House Bill 360, filed by Rep ...

Tennesee observed Lee's birthday from 1917 to 1969 when it was changed to a "special day of observance," but state law requires the governor to proclaim Jan. 19 as Robert E. Lee Day, along with ...

Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state holiday since the early 1900s, later combining it with the federal celebration of King, which President Ronald Reagan signed ...

President Trump announced Tuesday that he will restore the names of Fort Robert E. Lee and six other military bases that formerly honored Confederate war leaders. “For a little breaking news, we ...

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate holidays still on the books for Florida after well over a century, ... Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed he would restore the names of Confederate traitors who fought to keep Black people enslaved to American military bases across the country despite Congress ...

King was born on Jan. 15, 1929. In 2 states, MLK Day also honors Robert E. Lee. When the federal holiday was adopted in the ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, in honor of the Confederate general.