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Robert E. Lee, federal holiday and Martin Luther King

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

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

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These 2 states still honor Robert E Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day is soon: How the civil rights leader inspired a federal holiday

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What’s open and closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Here's what to know

Martin Luther King Jr. Day each year falls on the third Monday in January, creating the first three-day weekend of 2026.

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Is MLK Day still a federal holiday? What to know

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Three local events set for Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

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Fort named after Gen. Robert E. Lee will now honor a Buffalo Soldier

Amid President Donald Trump’s plans to revert the designations of seven Army installations previously named for Confederate fighters to their old names, albeit new namesakes, comes the Army’s announcement that Fort Lee in Virginia will become the first ...

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West Point restores Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's portrait

A painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform is back on display in West Point's library, several years after the storied academy removed honors to the Civil War military leader.Related video above from 2021: Robert E. Lee statue ...

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Robert E. Lee portrait back up in West Point's library

A painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform is back on display in the West Point's library, several years after the storied academy removed honors to the Civil War military leader. There also are plans to restore a bust of Lee that ...

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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 Charleston removed a statue of Calhoun, a former U.S ...