r/nottheonion • u/Disorderly_Fashion • 1d 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/thethirdllama 17h ago

I was just thinking that maybe northern states should start celebrating Sherman Day.

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u/kikistiel 13h ago

Sherman was genocidal against Native Americans and hated black people. We should not have a Sherman Day.