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Re: Inclusion
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Originally posted by Happy Monkey
Until recently, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson were included in Lee Jackson King Day in Virginia. Apparently that caused a bit of a fuss, so they separated the holidays. Now Lee Jackson Day is the Friday before Martin Luther King Day, and state employees get a four day weekend.
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I'm curious: who was causing the "fuss" and why? Honestly, I don't think that holidays should "count" regarding inclusion... the day is still celebrated...unless...you were being facetious. 
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