schools have been renamed (including Robert E. Lee High in Duval County), Confederate flags have been removed from state buildings, and Confederate holidays have been quietly removed, renamed ...

Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader ... That's set to end Jan. 28. The length of time flags should be at half-staff after the death of a ...

“Trump’s America is ushered in on Robert E. Lee Day,” one racist account wrote on X, alongside a photo of the Confederate battle flag. “Today is the day of the Saxon.” “Robert ...

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is renewing accusation that Charleston County schools violated state law when it ...

The first truly national Confederate monument was the statue of Robert E. Lee in Richmond. It was unveiled before an ... Jr. pointed out that Confederate flags and emblems far outnumbered U.S. flags ...

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 ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...

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

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ... During his first term as president, Trump defended the Confederate flag as a freedom of speech issue and condemned NASCAR for banning ...