The two states that actually observe Robert E. Lee's birthday as a holiday do so on the third Monday of January each year, but King's birthday was on January 15, and Lee's on January 19, so today is the 217th anniversary of his birth.

Here are some of the things we've said about him on VDARE.com.

• Robert E. Lee Day In Alabama And Mississippi, And SLATE Is Shocked
• FDR, 1942: "One Of The Greatest Of American Soldiers, Robert E. Lee..."
• A Southern Illinois Reader Reminds Us That It’s The Birthday Of A Great American: Robert E. Lee
• Peter Brimelow: All Confederate Generals Were Pardoned After Civil War. Who Rescinded That?
• Controlled Opposition Watch: NATIONAL REVIEW Still Trying To Take Down General Lee
• Praise For Lee And Jackson
• A Graduate Of Houston's FORMER Robert E. Lee High School Remembers
• A Southern Reader Writes On Robert E. Lee
• Robert E. Lee On Cliven Bundy
• Happy 200th Birthday, Robert E. Lee!