Tennessee Governor Faces Backlash for Honoring Confederate General And KKK Leader
The day of observation for Nathan Bedford Forrest follows a decades-long tradition of honoring him and other Confederate leaders, as mandated by state law.
Tennessee's Republican governor, Bill Lee, is facing public backlash after he declared Saturday "Nathan Bedford Forrest Day," continuing a decades-old tradition honoring the Confederate general, slave trader and onetime leader of the Ku Klux Klan.
Under , governors are required to recognize Forrest on July 13 as part of one of six "days of special observance" each year. The law
