Alabama Celebrates A Confederate Holiday On Martin Luther King Day. Yup.

I’m a war veteran, a Southerner, and an African-American, and everything inside me cries out in pain that almost every state in the South still celebrates a Confederate holiday. As a veteran, I can understand the noble desire to honor those who heard their country’s call and paid the ultimate price, but that’s what Memorial…

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Phoebe Gavin

Aug 6, 2014

Wondering about Alabama? Sure enough, Alabama (plus Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi) celebrates Robert E. Lee Day on Jan. 19. Since Martin Luther King Jr. Day is the third Monday of January, they don’t always line up. But they often do.

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