florida legal holidays: Florida Legal Holiday Today: CSA President Jefferson Finis Davis
- 06/03/18 11:51 AM
Jefferson Davis is a towering figure in United States history. Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. Distinguished Service as a United States Army Colonel in the Mexican-American War. Governor of the State of Mississippi. United States Senator. Committee member for the creation of the Smithsonian Institution. Overseer of the expansion of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Involved in the Gadsden Purchase, to acquire the land for the Transcontinental Railroad that would traverse The United States. But the greatest achievement of Jefferson Finis Davis, that which cemented his place in American history, and particularly in the South, was his service as the President … (4 comments)
florida legal holidays: Today is the Birthday of General Robert E. Lee. A Legal Holiday in Florida
- 01/19/18 06:50 AM
General Robert Edward Lee was born on this date in 1807. He is honored and remembered as a great statesman, a great military strategist, and a great American. Robert E. Lee is an icon to many of us in the South. The state of Florida, and several other states, honor General Robert E. Lee by proclaiming January 19th as a legal holiday.
General Lee astride his horse, Traveller
Great men of history have said these words about General Lee:
U.S. Senator Benjamin Hill: "Robert E. Lee possessed every virtue of other great commanders without their vices. He was a foe without hate; a friend without … (17 comments)
Florida seceded from the United States of America in 1861, and joined the new sovereign nation, The Confederate States of America. Many brave men from Florida went to Georgia, to the Carolinas, to Tennessee, and to Virginia to fight with General Lee, General Jackson, James Longstreet, Jeb Stuart, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Jubal Early. The Florida teenagers and the older men stayed in Florida; they would be called upon … (15 comments)
Jefferson Davis is a towering figure in United States history. Secretary of War under President Franklin Pierce. Distinguished Service as a United States Army Colonel in the Mexican-American War. Governor of the State of Mississippi. United States Senator. Committee member for the creation of the Smithsonian Institution. Overseer of the expansion of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. Involved in the Gadsden Purchase, to acquire the land for the Transcontinental Railroad that would traverse The United States. 
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