2 states have a Robert E. Lee state holiday on Martin Luther King Day

US states celebrate Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday honoring Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Mississippi lawmaker proposes separating MLK, Robert E Lee holidays

A Mississippi lawmaker has introduced legislation to separate the state’s joint celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. and ...

Is MS still celebrating MLK and Robert E. Lee on the same day? Here’s the story

Does Mississippi still celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. and Gen. Robert E. Lee on the same day? Here’s what to know.
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Robert E. Lee Confederate memorial finds new home in downtown Charleston’s Marion Square

CHARLESTON — In 2020, Marion Square said goodbye to one famous Southern leader and enslaver, John C. Calhoun. On Dec. 11, the downtown park welcomed another, Gen. Robert E. Lee. Five years after ...