Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin ... Alabama treats it as an official holiday. Texas celebrates it as a state holiday on Jan. 19. North and South Carolina celebrate ...

Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.

Lee instead. 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 ...

Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights ... Alabama treats it as an official holiday. Texas celebrates it as a state holiday on Jan. 19. North and South Carolina celebrate on May ...

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ... North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. Lee County in Florida formed in 1887 from Monroe County with Fort Myers, the site ...