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05-11-2006, 01:33 PM
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When MLK day was adopted as a state holiday this confederate memorial day was adopted to appease the other side.
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Really? I remember seeing it on an old calendar, but never "celebrated" it. Even the hard core UDC people I know don't celebrate it, but their stance is that "Confederate Memorial Day" started back after the War Between the States. It's pretty much a moot point, IMHO.
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05-11-2006, 01:36 PM
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I've lived in Florida my whole life and now in Georgia and I've never heard of it.
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05-11-2006, 01:54 PM
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Really? I remember seeing it on an old calendar, but never "celebrated" it. Even the hard core UDC people I know don't celebrate it, but their stance is that "Confederate Memorial Day" started back after the War Between the States. It's pretty much a moot point, IMHO.
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I had never heard about it when I was in school (I graduated HS in 96). The first rumblings I heard were when it was going through legislation.
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05-11-2006, 01:59 PM
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This is my first time even hearing about this holiday...
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05-11-2006, 02:24 PM
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05-11-2006, 02:41 PM
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As the Wikipedia Article on Confederal Memorial Day shows, different Southern states observe it (to whatever extent they observe it) on different dates.
According to this list at infoplease (no idea how accurate it is), state offices may be closed on Confederate Memorial Day (or that state's equivalent) in Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas.
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05-11-2006, 02:45 PM
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I had never heard about it when I was in school (I graduated HS in 96). The first rumblings I heard were when it was going through legislation.
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Just to REALLY clarify, I've never heard of it being "celebrated", I just saw it on a few calendars.
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