The fourth Monday in April is a state-recognized holiday known as Confederate Memorial Day. Alabama is one of four states that officially recognize the 250,000 Confederate soldiers who lost their ...

A native of Louisiana, I was not reared in Alabama and had never heard of "Yankee Memorial Day." But for some in the Deep South, it was a very real notion. The Ladies' Memorial Association, one of the ...

Florida law designates three Confederate-related legal holidays: Robert E. Lee's birthday, Confederate Memorial Day, and Jefferson Davis' birthday. These holidays are not paid, have no official state ...

South Carolina observes Confederate Memorial Day and it is even a state holiday. Here's why it is still around.

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) — Protesters gathered outside the Harrison County Courthouse in Gulfport on Monday to demonstrate against Confederate Memorial Day, which the state recognized on April 27.