Robert E. Lee Day
| Robert E. Lee Day | |
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Robert E. Lee in 1870
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| Also called | Lee's Birthday |
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| Type | State holiday |
| Significance | CSA Army of Northern Virginia commanding general's birthday |
| Date | Third Monday in January |
| 2016 date | January 18 |
| 2017 date | January 16 |
| 2018 date | January 15 |
| 2019 date | January 21 |
| Frequency | Annual |
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Robert E. Lee Day, also called Lee's Birthday, is a public holiday commemorating the birth of Robert E. Lee, observed each year on the third Monday in January. Because Lee was General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States, it is mainly observed in the U.S. South, particularly Alabama and Mississippi.
Although Lee's actual January 19 birthdate remains a legal holiday in the Florida statute books, by and large it is not observed.
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