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In Georgia, the fourth Monday in April was formerly celebrated as Confederate Memorial Day, but beginning in 2016, in response to the Charleston church shooting, the names of Confederate Memorial Day and Robert E. Lee's Birthday were struck from the state calendar and the statutory holidays were designated simply as "state holidays". [37]
Surrounded by the bodies of an estimated 3,000 unnamed Confederate soldiers, it was commissioned by the Atlanta Ladies Memorial Association and dedicated on Confederate Memorial Day in 1894." [ 40 ] In 2019, the city of Atlanta added a marker contextualizing its continued placement on state-owned property. [ 12 ]
The DeKalb County Confederate Monument is a Confederate memorial that formerly stood in Decatur, Georgia, United States. The 30-foot stone obelisk (9.1 m) was erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy near the old county courthouse in 1908. [1] [2]
The twin plagues of coronavirus and racism will keep the Sons of Confederate Veterans from commemorating Confederate Memorial Day in a Georgia state park this year.
South Carolina is one of five states in the nation to recognize Confederate Memorial Day as a holiday. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to ...
A monument honoring late civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis is one step closer to completion after DeKalb County commissioners The post John Lewis statue replaces confederate memorial in Georgia ...
Although Confederate Memorial Day is a holiday in most Southern states, the tradition of having a Confederate History Month is not uniform. State governments that have regularly declared Confederate History Month are as follows: Alabama [2] Florida [2] (since 2007) Georgia (by proclamation since 1995, [2] by legislative authority since 2009 [3 ...
The monument was dedicated on April 26, 1874, [2] on Confederate Memorial Day. [3] Librarian and archivist Ruth Blair , speaking in 1939, called the structure Atlanta's first monument. [ 4 ] At the time of its dedication, the 65-foot (20 m) tall obelisk stood as the tallest structure in the city, a record it would hold for several years. [ 3 ]