diff --git a/holidays.py b/holidays.py
index 40088b4fe..51e8a9dd0 100644
--- a/holidays.py
+++ b/holidays.py
@@ -666,8 +666,7 @@ def _populate(self, year):
                 name = "Robert E. Lee's Birthday"
             elif self.state == 'ID' and year >= 2006:
                 name = "Martin Luther King, Jr. - Idaho Human Rights Day"
-            if self.state != 'GA' or year < 2012:
-                self[date(year, 1, 1) + rd(weekday=MO(+3))] = name
+            self[date(year, 1, 1) + rd(weekday=MO(+3))] = name
 
         # Lincoln's Birthday
         name = "Lincoln's Birthday"
@@ -1018,7 +1017,7 @@ def _populate(self, year):
             self[dt + rd(days=+1)] = name
 
         # Robert E. Lee's Birthday
-        if self.state == 'GA' and year >= 2012:
+        if self.state == 'GA' and year >= 1986:
             name = "Robert E. Lee's Birthday"
             self[date(year, 11, 29) + rd(weekday=FR(-1))] = name
 
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 2a9a66dd8..d7e77017a 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -1552,8 +1552,9 @@ def test_thanksgiving_day(self):
 
     def test_robert_lee_birthday(self):
         ga_holidays = holidays.US(state='GA')
-        self.assertFalse(date(2011, 11, 25) in ga_holidays)
-        for dt in [date(2013, 11, 29), date(2014, 11, 28), date(2015, 11, 27),
+        self.assertFalse(date(1985, 11, 25) in ga_holidays)
+        for dt in [date(2007, 11, 23), date(2008, 11, 28), date(2010, 11, 26),
+                   date(2013, 11, 29), date(2014, 11, 28), date(2015, 11, 27),
                    date(2018, 11, 23), date(2019, 11, 29), date(2020, 11, 27)]:
             self.assertFalse(dt in self.holidays)
             self.assertTrue(dt in ga_holidays)