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

some of the president’s most extreme supporters chose to celebrate Confederate general and slaveowner Robert E. Lee instead. Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state ...

Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you know which ones? This year, the state and federal holiday also ...

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

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 ...

General Beauregard "Beau" Lee has been predicting Georgia's winter weather since 1991. Before him there was General Robert E. Lee, a groundhog named for the Confederate general who began making ...

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 ...