Legislation from 2022 is being refiled to change the name of “Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial” to simply, “Arlington House.” ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Monday, Jan. 19, Americans honor the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,, a civil rights icon who devoted his life to ...
Alabama and Mississippi are the only states that combine King and Lee in the same holiday. In Alabama, it’s one of three holidays dedicated to the Confederacy: King-Lee Day, Confederate Memorial Day; ...
On Monday, Jan. 19, Florida honors two historic figures with very different goals: Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and General Robert E. Lee.
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A highway marker honoring Confederate General Robert E. Lee has been relocated to Marion Square, raising concerns among some city leaders who say the decision lacked public ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you ...
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Confederate memorial to Robert E. Lee now sits in Charleston’s Marion Square, but questions have arisen about how the tribute to the controversial figure was placed in such ...
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player... I was in Richmond, Virginia in 2020 when thousands of protesters desecrated the statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and later ...
“The Commonwealth of Virginia will now be properly represented by an actual patriot who embodied the principle of liberty and justice for all, and not a traitor who took up arms against the United ...
CHARLESTON — In 2020, Marion Square said goodbye to one famous Southern leader and enslaver, John C. Calhoun. On Dec. 11, the downtown park welcomed another, Gen. Robert E. Lee. Five years after ...
The U.S. Capitol on Tuesday began displaying a statue of a teenaged Barbara Rose Johns as she protested poor conditions at her segregated Virginia high school, a pointed replacement for a statue of ...