All the hoopla surrounding the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln has led some to ask how should we, as a society, remember the 200th birthday of his Confederate counterpart, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889). A recent AP story reported on the struggles encountered by the Confederate president’s descendents in their attempt to comemorate his legacy. (read [...]
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That other 200th birthday…Jefferson Davis
Posted in Civil War Memory, Jefferson Davis, The South on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
