The upside is the manner of his win at Ipswich is that it surely means he is a horse with big potential. The downside is that it took the four-year-old gelding eight starts to record his first ...

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 ...

Lee instead. Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state holiday since ... fighting to maintain slavery in the South until his surrender to the Union in 1865.

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in ... would have moved the Lee holiday to Columbus Day in October, which coincides with the month of his death.

Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated ... bill that proposed to move the date of Alabama’s Lee Day commemoration to the date of his death, Oct. 12, the bill, sponsored by Sen.

“It’s just the start for her,” Rodd said. “Lee has a really nice filly on his hands and I’m looking forward to seeing what she can go on to do in the future.” Gollan was satisfied with ...

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