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(47,953 posts) Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:39 PM Nov 2012

Today is a state holiday in Georgia, but not for what you think

By Kristina Torres
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Friday after Thanksgiving is an official state holiday in Georgia, although not for what you might think:

Happy Birthday, Robert E. Lee!

If that made you do a double-take, you are not alone.

Lee’s birthday — while actually on Jan. 19 —- will be observed in the Peach State on Nov. 23, bookending the April observance of Confederate Memorial Day as Georgia’s salute to two “holidays” on the decline, even in the South.

While no one questions the state’s prominence in the Confederacy and the Civil War’s impact within its borders, there are those who wonder whether it is time for Georgia to leave that narrative to historians amid a growing generational divide.

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/robert-e-lees-birthday-extends-state-holiday-weeke/nTDRw/

It was long past time a century ago...

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Today is a state holiday in Georgia, but not for what you think (Original Post) n2doc Nov 2012 OP

To the victors go the spoils.... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #1

+1000 orpupilofnature57 Nov 2012 #3

Antebellum isn't an era, it's a mental disease . orpupilofnature57 Nov 2012 #2

I think it is genetic. Worth having government seeking effective treatments. Hoyt Nov 2012 #4

Sekhmets Daughter

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1. To the victors go the spoils....

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Fri Nov 23, 2012, 06:43 PM

Nov 2012

I would posit that the North won the 'Battle' of the Civil War, but the South has pretty much won the war. Think about the current crop of obstructionists in congress, for example.