{"id":116546,"date":"2026-04-27T07:14:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:14:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/monday-is-confederate-memorial-day-why-does-ms-still-celebrate-it\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T07:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:14:57","slug":"monday-is-confederate-memorial-day-why-does-ms-still-celebrate-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/monday-is-confederate-memorial-day-why-does-ms-still-celebrate-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday is Confederate Memorial Day. Why does MS still celebrate it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"7654608002\" title=\"Confederate flag: Historical inaccuracy of the 'rebel flag'\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2020\/06\/24\/USAT\/b07588b1-7c56-4dca-8f00-e4217abf0343-VPC_WRONG_CONFEDERATE_FLAG__EXPLAINED_wide_getty.jpg\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\">\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>Confederate flag: Historical inaccuracy of the &#8216;rebel flag&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Learn why the infamous &#8220;rebel flag&#8221; wasn&#8217;t actually the historically accurate banner of the Confederate States of America.<\/p>\n<p>STAFF VIDEO, USA TODAY<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>Mississippi is one of only a handful of states that still pauses government work to honor the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/2025\/05\/23\/mississippi-senator-uses-jefferson-davis-desk-in-us-congress-today-history\/83751482007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Confederacy<\/a> \u2014 a tradition that has survived decades of debate, repeated legislative challenges and shifting public attitudes.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>Gov. Tate Reeves has again declared April <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/2026\/01\/18\/today-martin-luther-king-day-mississippi-alabama-robert-e-lee-state-holiday\/88163886007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Confederate<\/a> Heritage Month, and the state will observe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/entertainment\/2026\/03\/22\/vicksburg-national-military-park-is-a-key-civil-war-site-to-visit-in-mississippi\/88715763007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Confederate<\/a> Memorial Day on the last Monday of the month, giving public employees the day off.<\/p>\n<p>Several Southern states continue to mark Confederate Memorial Day in some form. Only four still recognize it as a holiday for state workers, according to state records and historical accounts.<\/p>\n<p>In Mississippi, lawmakers have made multiple attempts to end the observance or replace it with Juneteenth, a federal holiday marking the end of slavery in the United States. Those efforts have repeatedly failed.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Each year, the holiday draws renewed debate. The Clarion Ledger regularly receives messages arguing that Mississippi\u2019s Confederate soldiers were simply answering a call to defend their state. While individual motivations varied and many soldiers did not own enslaved people, historians agree on the broader cause of the war: slavery.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we know about Confederate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/05\/26\/arlington-national-cemetary-history-honoring-fallen-military\/83732278007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Memorial Day<\/a>, when Mississippi observes it and which other Confederate holidays remain on the state calendar.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">What is Confederate Memorial Day?<\/h2>\n<p>Confederate Memorial Day was created in Georgia on April 26, 1866, according to the History Channel. It honored the deaths of Southern soldiers on the first anniversary of the day that\u00a0Confederate Gen. Joseph Johnston <a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/why-the-civil-war-actually-ended-16-months-after-lee-surrendered\">surrendered<\/a> the Army of Tennessee to Union Gen. William Sherman\u00a0at Bennett Place, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/2025\/01\/17\/mississippi-alabama-honor-robert-e-lee-on-martin-luther-king-day\/77724322007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Robert E. Lee<\/a> had surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant two weeks earlier at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.battlefields.org\/learn\/civil-war\/battles\/appomattox-court-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Appomattox Court House<\/a>. Johnston, however, stayed in the field with almost 90,000 soldiers even after Lee laid down arms.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/06\/10\/trump-restore-confederate-base-names\/84137996007\/\">holiday<\/a> later spread across the South, with states choosing dates tied to local events or leaders.<\/p>\n<p><media-oembed util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" provider-name=\"\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">When will Mississippi celebrate Confederate Memorial Day in 2026?<\/h2>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Mississippi state offices will close on Monday, April 27, 2026, as part of the official holiday calendar.<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Is Juneteenth a Mississippi holiday? <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/local\/2024\/06\/18\/is-juneteenth-a-state-holiday-in-mississippi\/74107218007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The day means more than celebrations in Jackson. It&#8217;s a time of reflection, commemoration<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Bills proposed dropping Mississippi Confederate Memorial Day<\/h2>\n<p>Lawmakers have repeatedly introduced legislation to remove Confederate Memorial Day from Mississippi\u2019s list of state holidays.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>During the 2026 session, a bill proposed replacing the holiday with Juneteenth Freedom Day. <a href=\"https:\/\/billstatus.ls.state.ms.us\/2026\/pdf\/history\/SB\/SB2574.xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate Bill 2574<\/a> died in committee.<\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>The bill was co-sponsored by Sen. Derrick T. Simmons, who has introduced similar legislation nearly every year during his tenure. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2024\/04\/28\/confederate-memorial-day-opposed-by-black-mississippi-lawmakers\/73443265007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024<\/a>, Simmons said he believed Mississippi might be ready for the change after voters replaced the state flag in 2020. The previous design included the Confederate battle emblem.<\/p>\n<p>A separate Senate resolution reaffirming Confederate Memorial Day was referred to committee and does not appear to have advanced during the session.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">Interactive: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/data.clarionledger.com\/confederate-monuments\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Find Confederate monuments near you<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Why did Mississippi join the Confederacy?<\/h2>\n<p>Mississippi formally seceded from the United States on Jan. 15, 1861, according to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/da.mdah.ms.gov\/series\/generalgov\/s0475\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mississippi Department of Archives and History<\/a>.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>The state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/avalon.law.yale.edu\/19th_century\/csa_missec.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Declaration of Immediate Causes<\/a> leaves little ambiguity about the reason. The document explicitly identifies slavery as the primary motivation for leaving the Union, stating that Mississippi\u2019s position was \u201cthoroughly identified with the institution of slavery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The words \u201cslavery\u201d or \u201cslave\u201d appear repeatedly throughout the document, along with references to the economic dependence on forced labor.<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"88842774007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Which states still honor Confederate Memorial Day?<\/h2>\n<p>Confederate Memorial Day is still celebrated across much of the South. Not all places treat it as a government holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi observes it on the last Monday in April. Alabama and Florida also mark it on the fourth Monday in April, but only Alabama closes state offices.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Texas observes its state holiday on Jan. 19.<\/p>\n<p>North and South Carolina recognize May 10, with state offices closing only in South Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>Kentucky and Tennessee honor Civil War dead on June 3, with Tennessee calling it Confederate Decoration Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/story\/news\/2025\/01\/17\/mississippi-alabama-honor-robert-e-lee-on-martin-luther-king-day\/77724322007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Two states still honor Robert E. Lee on Martin Luther King Day. See which ones, why<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">Mississippi celebrates three Confederate holidays<\/h2>\n<p>Confederate Memorial Day is one of three state holidays in Mississippi tied to the Confederacy.<\/p>\n<p>When the federal Martin Luther King Jr. holiday was adopted in the 1980s, Mississippi lawmakers added it to an existing holiday honoring Gen. Robert E. Lee. Many Southern states initially followed that model but later separated the observances. Most, including Lee&#8217;s home state of Virginia, have since stopped celebrating Lee&#8217;s birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Mississippi has so far declined to do so. Alabama is now the only other state that continues to combine the two holidays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfa.ms.gov\/hr-state-holidays\">Mississippi<\/a> also observes a state holiday honoring Confederate President Jefferson Davis, paired with Memorial Day at the end of May. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.personnel.alabama.gov\/downloads\/stateholidays.pdf\">Alabama <\/a>celebrates it on the first Monday in June.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<h2 class=\"presto-h2 wp-block-heading\">2026 Mississippi state holidays<\/h2>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dfa.ms.gov\/hr-state-holidays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration<\/a>, there are 10 paid holidays for state agencies. Listed holidays:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Thursday, Jan. 1: New Year&#8217;s Day<\/li>\n<li>Monday, Jan. 19: Martin Luther King Jr.&#8217;s and Robert E. Lee&#8217;s birthdays<\/li>\n<li>Monday, Feb. 16: Washington&#8217;s Birthday<\/li>\n<li>Monday, April 27: Confederate Memorial Day<\/li>\n<li>Monday, May 25: Memorial Day<\/li>\n<li>Friday, July 3: Independence Day<\/li>\n<li>Monday, Sept. 7: Labor Day<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, Nov. 11: Armistice or Veterans Day<\/li>\n<li>Thursday, Nov. 26: Thanksgiving Day<\/li>\n<li>Friday, Dec. 25: Christmas Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Contributing: Grant McLaughlin, C. A. Bridges<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarionledger.com\/staff\/4406894002\/bonnie-bolden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bonnie Bolden<\/a>\u00a0is the Deep South Connect reporter for Mississippi with USA TODAY NETWORK. 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