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.

Mississippi and Alabama are the only two states that still celebrate Confederate Gen.Robert E. Lee’s birthday alongside the federal holiday set aside for slain civil rights leader Martin Luther ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate ... Alabama lawmakers in 1901 named a January state holiday for Lee. Mississippi did the same in 1910.

Alabama and Mississippi in the 1980s adopted Martin Luther King Day as a state holiday, adding it to their existing day honoring Lee. U.S. & World Central Texas Flood 31 mins ago ...

In 2 states, MLK Day also honors Robert E. Lee. When the federal holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi and Alabama lawmakers opted to add it to an existing holiday honoring Confederate ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the ...