Robert E. Lee at ... post in Texas, Lee writes home to his son Custis that the secession will lead to war. Confederate forces attack Fort Sumter in South Carolina to ignite the Civil War.

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

On Monday, as President Donald Trump’s inauguration coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, some of the president’s most ...

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 ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, in honor of the Confederate general.