Happy Lee/MLK Day

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day for the feds. In some Southern states it is also Robert E. Lee Day.
Post your favorite memories of either holiday here.
Mine: I got up, started working and wondered why the mail didn't come. Someone reminded that today was actually a holiday, but I had forgotten.

 

The joint celebration of King/Lee/Jackson Day in Virginia always made me embarassed to live in that state for as long as I did.

 

One of the prettiest places in the world on a nice, quiet morning.

 

Way to go, micro. You've branded yourself a racist.

 

I get your drift, TBF.

But Arthur Ashe is there too. Just saying, on a nice, quiet morning, Monument Avenue is a beautiful place for a stroll, with all the statues and the row houses, with peolle having their morning coffee on the balconies on their stoops.

I'd forgotten today was Robert E. Lee Day in the commonwealth.

 

I went to the rock hall for free today. Thanks, mlk!

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but Lee turned down command of the Union army not for his desire to keep slavery, but his passion for Virginia, yes/no?

 

Yep. Southerners. All racists. And the only racists in America.

 

Yeah, until you step in dog doo on the tree-lined median. But yeah, the Lee and Stonewall monuments are a sight to behold, even if you're a damned Yankee.

And I lived all my life in a state that had an awkward marriage of Lee, Jackson and King. Somehow managed to survive the experience without hating black people. Apparently that makes me an anomaly.

 

Don't forget Utah! http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/15/us/15utah.html

 

And I don't care what city you're from, if you live on Martin Luther King Blvd., there's some violence going down!