Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago

Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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Alabama and Mississippi will also honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months ago

The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in two states, Monday is also Robert E.

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28•4 months ago
Oddly enough, years ago I had an eye doctor named Robert E. Lee, and he was a black guy. Seemed like a really nice fella.
- @Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de
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  38•4 months ago
  There are two states celebrating that eye doctor this Monday, he must have been super nice.
  - @Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    4•4 months ago
    This is the version I choose to believe.
    - @Chip_Rat@lemmy.world
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      1•4 months ago
      We all see what we want to see. Thanks to Robert Lee!

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