Status: Resolved

Established: January 19th, 1896

Established By: United Daughters Of The Confederacy

South Carolina timeline...

• 1896: May 10, Confederate Memorial Day, added as state holiday
• 1896: January 19, Robert E. Lee's birthday, added as state holiday, wasn't on 2020 calendar
• 1898: June 3, Jefferson Davis' birthday, added as state holiday, wasn't on 2020 calendar
• 1978: Employees can pick one of the Confederate-related holidays or January 15 as a day off
• 1983: National Memorial Day added as state holiday. Employees' optional holiday broadened to include any day they choose.
• 2000: Martin Luther King Day and Confederate Memorial Day become mandatory state holidays