As a youth living in Virginia in the 80's I recall that the holiday was known as Lee-Jackson-King Day. They had Lee-Jackson Day in VA since 1904. That was also the time I was introduced to the phase "War of Northern Aggression" by some long time residents.

They stopped doing that holiday in 2000.

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Suffer Well.

just another example of minorities trying to erase cultural history by taking over a holiday. Shame on them.

Saw a meme the other day and it made me laugh. Gist was those complaining about confederate statues being taken down are likely those screaming loudest that losers don't deserve participation trophies.

Have you seen Mississippi's flag?

That is shameful, and embarrassing.

state flags don't mean much down here. We prefer the unofficial regional flag. They certainly outnumber every other flag besides UGA during football season.

It didn't get much play in the LR, but remember those 3 guys from Virginia that were arrested a few days ago? Well, we said hold my beer.
https://www.npr.org/...-arrested-in-georgia

Confederate Heroes Day is celebrated every year in Texas. At least when I lived there, it was always the same week as MLK Day, and often fell on a week day. The state government recognized it as an optional holiday, meaning you could take the day off with pay, if you weren't deemed "essential personnel."

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Let me guess these Confederate "heros" are for people that killed American soldiers and not someone that killed traitors? What a weird thing to celebrate.

Do they celebrate The Siege of Vicksburg on July 4 as well?

Serious question...

How many of you actually do something related to MLK on the holiday? Or is it more just a federally mandated day off? Not that I don't deeply respect what MLK did, but since I don't live in the south, I have a hard time feigning outrage when I probably do a shitty job recognizing the positive holiday that this is. Heck, when I worked for the City and County of XXX, we also used to get Ceasar Chavez day off.

I think a lot of people, me included were always brought up that these were holidays to recognize the positive impact of certain individuals. Presidents day (why not all presidents, like veteran's day), Columbus day, Martin Luther King day. As kids, you get the day off. You are not at school recognizing the man. Sure we had sections of learning on the person, but on that holiday, you generally got the day off and went and played with friends. Heck, that is what my daughter did yesterday.

outrage for what? You don't have to be out marching to discuss the merits of choosing to have Robert E. Lee Day in place of or in addition to MLK day.

ask your daughter if they did anything on Friday or Today. I know in my 8 years of working in the southern education system, regardless of grade level content and whether the curriculum would include the civil rights movement, Friday's classes were devoted to reviewing the significance and discussing if and what meaning it still has today. seeing as I was at the middle school level there was a depressing amount of ignorance on display.

obviously I get what you are trying to say and agree in part. MLK would be the same age as Barbara Walters if he was alive today. That is one generation ago that black people couldn't sit at the counter in ice cream parlors, had to drink out of different water fountains, and were banished to the back of a bus. For me, it's crazy to think those things happened during many of our parent's young adult years.

Don't leave bumfuck Tennessee out of it!

Nathan Bedford Forrest Day is still observed in Tennessee (and Robt. E. Lee day). And our shithead governor tried to weasle out of the controversy last year saying he was "required" to sign the proclamation but instead of doing it quietly, he did it with fanfare and photographers.

Tennessee's Republican governor, Bill Lee, is facing public backlash after he declared Saturday "Nathan Bedford Forrest Day," continuing a decades-old tradition honoring the Confederate general, slave trader and onetime leader of the Ku Klux Klan.

Under state law, governors are required to recognize Forrest on July 13 as part of one of six "days of special observance" each year. The law also calls for a "Robert E. Lee Day" on January 19, and a "Memorial Day" or "Confederate Decoration Day" on June 3.
Who was NBF?

* slave trader


* involved in the massacre of black soldiers at Fort Pillow (who were surrendered Union troops)

* first grand master of the KKK (who lied about being part of the KKK at the end of his life)

* the subject of the ugliest/strangest damned statue on the face of the earth (which is just on the outskirts of Nashville) (https://en.wikipedia.org/...dford_Forrest_Statue)https://www.atlasobscura.com/...dford-forrest-statue[/url]

https://www.atlasobscura.com/...dford-forrest-statue

https://assets.atlasobscura.com/...298_f213e06da0_o.jpg

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Ain't he the guy named after Forrest Gump? :-)

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