Topline State offices—including courts, motor vehicle departments and museums—are closed in Alabama and Mississippi for Confederate Memorial Day on Monday, an official holiday sharing a list with the likes of Christmas and the Fourth of July there. Despite condemnation and a widespread reckoning over Confederate symbols during last year’s antiracism protests, here’s why that is. Confederate Memorial Day is an official state holiday in Alabama, Mississippi and South … [+] Carolina—along with holidays like Christmas and the Fourth of July. getty Key Facts The day is meant to recognize Confederate deaths during the Civil War, along with the date of the last major Confederate surrender at Bennett Place, North Carolina, on April 26, 1865. It was first recognized after the Georgia legislature passed a resolution in 1866 memorializing the war dead, and it later spread as one of several dates recognizing… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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State Offices Close For ‘Confederate Memorial Day’ In Alabama And Mississippi—Here’s Why It’s (Still) An Official Holiday There
