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3. LOL - Robert E. Lee was born on

Reply to ga_girl (Original post)

Sun Nov 13, 2022, 03:33 PM

Nov 2022

Jan. 19, 1807. I remember when a lot of Dixie states were forced to observe the Federal holiday of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, they referred to the holiday as Lee’s birthday instead.

I’ve been living in Georgia a long time but didn’t know Black Friday was supposedly REL’s “birthday” now!

It’s nice for people to get a day off (those who don’t already get the Saturday after Thanksgiving off!), but I’d rather April 9 be a holiday — the date of Lee’s surrender at the Appomattox courthouse.

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LOL - Robert E. Lee was born on Pinback Nov 2022 #3