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Regarded as the war’s finest general, Robert E. Lee was a master of the organization of war. The country’s most experienced general in 1861, he declined President Lincoln’s offer to head the ...
The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, a federal holiday. But in Alabama and Mississippi, it's also Robert E. Lee Day, in honor of the Confederate general.
Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, defended President Donal Trump's decision to restore Robert E. Lee's name to a military base in Virginia, during an appearance on "Real Time" on Friday.
The historic Robert E. Lee Apartments has another bidder. Celadon Construction Corp. NFP, a charitable organization affiliated with Celadon Partners of Chicago, has submitted a bid of $4.35 ...
President Trump announced Tuesday that he will restore the names of Fort Robert E. Lee and six other military bases honoring Confederate war leaders.
It’s been almost a decade since the Austin elementary school my kids attended, the school formerly known as Robert E. Lee Elementary, was the site of an early skirmish in the latest round of ...
Some of the Trump's most extreme supporters ignored Martin Luther King Jr. to celebrate so-called Robert E. Lee Day instead.
Fort Gregg-Adams, formerly Fort Lee, was in 2023 the first Army base to be named for Black Americans. Now, it'll be the first named for a Buffalo Solider.
Mississippi and Alabama are the last states to celebrate Confederate general Robert E. Lee alongside Civil Rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
The Lee statue was removed in 2017. The statue shown in social media posts had been there since well before its removal.
Every year, the state of Florida observes the birth of Confederate General Robert E. Lee as an official state holiday.
Two U.S. states still honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday set aside for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Will that change?