Nowhere has the battle over Lee-Jackson Day played out more visibly than in Lexington, Va., where a parade has been held by the Sons of Confederate Veterans for the past 15 years to honor the men.

A statue of Robert E. Lee stands in the Old House Chamber at the State Capitol in Richmond in 2019. The Virginia Senate voted Tuesday to eliminate Lee-Jackson Day as a state holiday.

Surrounded by flags of the Confederacy, Braxton Spivey portrays Gen. Robert E. Lee as he leads the Richmond-based group Virginia Flaggers during the Lee-Jackson Day parade in Lexington on Saturday.

For more than a century, Virginia has designated a day in January to honor two military leaders from its secessionist past. As in previous years, most state offices were closed Friday for Lee ...

Despite Lee-Jackson Day no longer being recognized as a state holiday, dozens gathered at Oak Grove Cemetery in Lexington on Saturday to honor Confederate generals Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson and ...

The 25th celebration of Lee-Jackson Day took place in Lexington.This celebration included a memorial service on. Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:22:53 GMT (1751070173172) Story Infinite Scroll ...

For the first Juneteenth since her passing, Houstonians will gather to honor the late Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee—the ...

A debate over whether to pan Charlottesville’s annual observance of a holiday honoring Confederate Gens. Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson plunged the Charlottesville City Council ...

But the commemorative state holiday would change for Virginians in 1904 to Lee-Jackson Day, celebrating both Lee and another Confederate general, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, whose birthday falls ...

But the commemorative state holiday would change for Virginians in 1904 to Lee-Jackson Day, celebrating both Lee and another Confederate general, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, whose birthday falls ...