Mississippi honors those who fought for the Confederacy against the United States in the Civil War. Who tried to drop the ...

A Confederate flag is still flying on the morning of ... Workers receive one day off if the holiday coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. A small crowd gathered for the Confederate Memorial ...

The U.S. is marking Martin Luther King Day ... Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments created ...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr. Day which was first ... an annual rally at the statehouse without the confederate flag, which was offically taken down during the summer ...

Two U.S. states honor Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee on the federal holiday for Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Do you ... The length of time flags should be at half-staff after the ...

A bill proposing a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was first introduced in 1968. It became a federal holiday in 1983 when then-President Ronald Reagan first signed a bill into law.

The Confederate battle flag was replaced by a magnolia design with the words "In God We Trust." When a federal holiday honoring Martin Luther King Jr. was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi and ...

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day ... Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments ...