Confederate Holiday

State Government Offices will be closed today here in Mississippi and in Alabama for Confederate Memorial Day. Georgia used to mark the holiday, but removed the Confederate reference in 2015. Now, the last Monday in April there is simply called state holiday. Confederate Memorial Day in Mississippi and Alabama commemorates those who died during the Civil War while fighting for southern states that tried to secede from the U.S. The Confederate military surrendered in April of 1865. South Carolina holds a Confederate Memorial Day in May to mark the day General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson died. However some critics say it is wrong to honor those who fought to preserve slavery.