Robert E. Lee was a central character in America's defining national trauma, the Civil War. These images explore other facets of his life, from the young boy coping with the abandonment of an ...

Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin ... June 3 is when Kentucky and Tennessee honor the dead ...

Confederate Memorial Day and Lee's birthday were enshrined in Florida law in 1895, 30 years after the end of the Civil War. Jefferson Davis Day was added in 1905. Does Florida recognize Robert E.

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in ...

Robert E. Lee Day was originally celebrated by states in the South for decades following the Civil War, but was abandoned by most after President Ronald Reagan designated the third Monday in ...

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the Confederacy’s last major Civil War victory. Does it offer any insight into the mysterious ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of ...

Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights ... June 3 is when Kentucky and Tennessee honor the dead from the Civil War, and Tennessee calls it Confederate Decoration Day.