Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.
The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, ...
Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated ... bill that proposed to move the date of Alabama’s Lee Day commemoration to the date of his death, Oct. 12, the bill, sponsored by Sen.