Eric Lee/The New York Times But Deanne Criswell ... The acting secretary of defense, Robert Salesses, said in a statement this week that, working with the State Department, the Department of ...

Lee instead. Alabama and Mississippi have recognized Robert E. Lee Day as a state holiday since the early 1900s, later combining it with the federal celebration of King, which President Ronald ...

But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...

Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three Confederate ... general-in-chief of the Confederate states, Lee surrendered at Appomattox Court House in Virginia on April 9, 1865, to Union Gen.

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 ...

Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you know which ones? This year, the state and federal holiday also ...

PITTSBURGH — Smoke poured out of a house in Arlington. Allegheny County dispatchers said the call came in for the 700 block of Bajo Street just before 10 p.m. on Thursday. The damage from the ...

Robert E. ‘Bob/Crusher’ Keefe, 91, retired Lt. of the Lowell Fire Department, passed away Monday, January 27, 2025. He was born August 12, 1933 in Lowell, MA. Calling Hours will be held in ...