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Sunday is Robert E. Lee’s birthday. Why does Florida have 3 Confederate holidays?
Lee Day, along with Confederate Decoration Day (June 3), Nathan Bedford Forrest Day (July 13) and Davis' birthday. Senate Minority Leader Lauren Book, D-Davie, has tried three times to have ...
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Two states still honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day. See which ones, why
June 3 is when Kentucky and Tennessee honor the dead from the Civil War, and Tennessee calls it Confederate Decoration Day. Alabama has a state holiday for Confederate President Jefferson Davis on ...
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It’s time for SC to stop celebrating this holiday
South Carolina started observing Confederate Memorial Day around 1866 to honor the lives of fallen soldiers, because no other such day existed. Since then, Memorial Day has become a national holiday.