President John F. Kennedy’s shocking assassination stopped the world on November 22, 1963. A botched investigation continues ...

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

Mississippi officially commemorates both Robert E. Lee and Martin Luther King Jr. It's beyond time the state stops ...

Mississippi and Alabama are the last states to celebrate Confederate general Robert E. Lee alongside Civil Rights icon Martin ...

“Robert E. Lee Day has a nice ring to it,” an anonymous, self-proclaimed ‘Trump goon’ replied. Lee commanded the Confederate States Army during the Civil War, fighting to maintain ...

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 ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day ... birthdays. Lee was born Jan. 19, 1807. King was born Jan. 15, 1929. In the years after the Civil War, white politicians ...

Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights ... June 3 is when Kentucky and Tennessee honor the dead from the Civil War, and Tennessee calls it Confederate Decoration Day.