re: #216 lawhawk

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Because some Southern States still honor General Robert E Lee, who led the Confederate Army in the South’s insurrection against the Union and who surrendered at Appomattox. And they do so on the day honoring MLK Jr.

It’s hard to know how to feel sometimes about the veneration of Robert E Lee, as while it seems pretty clear ages on that the man had no desire to support slavery and would have gladly led the Union Army had Virginia not seceded, honoring his memory now has become synonymous with that of the Confederacy and the “Lost Cause.”