Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin ... June 3 is when Kentucky and Tennessee honor the dead ...

Instead, Lee commanded the Virginia state forces and became a general in ... the end of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis Day was added in 1905. Does Florida recognize Robert E.

If there is one general that could be considered as having single-handedly lost the Civil War for the Confederates, it’s John ...

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 ...

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 on the federal holiday for Civil Rights ... June 3 is when Kentucky and Tennessee honor the dead from the Civil War, and Tennessee calls it Confederate Decoration Day.

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 ...