Confederate symbols under siege, Charleston keeps Memorial Day (SC)
Cleve O'Quinn
May 13 2016 1:41 pm
... May 10 was chosen because it is the anniversary of Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s death in 1863. The memorial service on the Soldiers Ground in Magnolia has been held .. since 1894 ...
State government was closed .. Tuesday for the holiday, a tradition .. created during the contentious 2000 legislative session ...
Only a handful of Southern states hold annual observances honoring Confederate war dead, most in April and May ... Last year, Georgia removed listings for Confederate Memorial Day and Gen. Robert E. Lee’s birthdays on its official holiday calendar list, renaming both as “state holiday” ...
http://www.postandcourier.com/20160513/160519732/as-confederate-symbols-come-under-siege-charleston-keeps-memorial-day-tradition
