Robert E Lee's Birthday!

[Tom Earp]

Sorry, if I am wrong!

[kk_bama]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Sorry, if I am wrong!

Yep, I don't know if it's an "official" holiday, per se, but I know they ran a story on the local news this morning about the MLK/Lee controversy. Welcome to Alabama, haha.

[DeltAlum]

Maybe this will help some with the confusion.

http://www.sos.state.ms.us/pubs/Proclamations/King.asp

It is ironic, though.

[shinerbock]

Some places do celebrate REL's bday today. I don't see what the problem is in that.

[kk_bama]

Originally Posted by shinerbock

Some places do celebrate REL's bday today. I don't see what the problem is in that.

I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong ... I think the real question is, were people celebrating REL's birthday before MLK, or after?

Because if people only started celebrating REL after MLK was enacted some 20-odd years ago, I can see how some would be offended. I'm not offended personally, because I know more about Civil War history than to automatically equate REL with racism or slavery, but others might think so.

However, I have no idea when REL's birthday was first celebrated.

Originally Posted by kk_gphib_01

I don't think there's anything necessarily wrong ... I think the real question is, were people celebrating REL's birthday before MLK, or after?

I don't think there's anything wrong with it if you have reason to celebrate it. I'm not from the South, so I don't celebrate it.

Too bad they couldn't get REL's birthday designated as a national holiday.

[kk_bama]

Originally Posted by OTW

Too bad they couldn't get REL's birthday designated as a national holiday.

I think we should get all famous war generals' and presidents' birthdays off ... that might get rid of Mondays all together!

[Xylochick216]

I always remember it being "Lee-Jackson-King" day in Virginia when I was younger. Now I think Friday was Lee-Jackson Day and today is MLK Jr. Day.