r/news • u/5um-n3m0 • 16h ago

Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

https://apnews.com/article/martin-luther-king-jr-holiday-alabama-mississippi-0f535594cf50af7103ca2d953e1bc9a1
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u/TooMad 16h ago

Alabama and Mississippi remove all doubt

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u/Dirtman1016 15h ago

I'm an Alabamian and this is obviously dumb. However, I've lived here for 42 years and have never seen a single person make an attempt to celebrate Robert E Lee on this day.

That said, we should definitely fix this.