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

West Point graduate Robert E. Lee of Virginia was such a celebrated warrior during the U.S.-Mexico War that his former mentor, Gen. Winfield Scott, asked him to lead Union forces against the ...

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Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated by states ... including Lee’s home state of Virginia, has dropped those recognitions. According to the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger, several attempts ...

LEXINGTON, Va. (WSET) — Despite Lee-Jackson Day no ... to honor Confederate generals Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and Robert E. Lee. Brandon Dorsey, commander of the Stonewall Brigade SCV Camp ...

“Robert E. Lee Day has a nice ring to it,” an anonymous ... from the U.S. Capitol and parks in New Orleans and Richmond, Va., the former capital of the Confederacy. The planned removal ...

Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin ...

Louisiana in 2022 struck Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of official state holidays. Virginia in 2020 scrapped a holiday honoring Lee and Confederate Gen. Thomas ...

Louisiana in 2022 struck Robert E. Lee Day and Confederate Memorial Day from the list of official state holidays. Virginia in 2020 scrapped a holiday honoring Lee and Confederate Gen. Thomas ...

Most, including Lee's home state of Virginia, have since dropped celebrating Lee, who was born on Jan. 19, 1807. The only other state celebrating Robert E. Lee Day and King together is Alabama.