"Mississippi and Alabama each celebrate three Confederate holidays " paid holidays for state employees: Confederate M.emorial Day; the birthday of Jefferson Davis, the leader of the Confederacy; and Robert E Lee Day, to commemorate the leader of the Confederate army."

Simply disgusting for anyone to celebrate those who foght a war to preserve the right of one human to own another....or, and just as bad, or refuse to acknowlege and celebrate the end of slavery which is still a stain on America that makes a mockery of the Declaration of Independebce.... 'all men are created equal." Removing Confederates monuments was, finally, a first step in acknowledging both the need to defend the Union and the abolishment of slavery. Hell, Jews still celrbrate their ancestors' escape from slsvery in Egypt 4,000 years later; we're bwrely past 200 years since we abolished that evil institution