Today is the 200th birthday of Jefferson Davis, which is being celebrated in areas of the South; Alabama in particular. The state government in Mongomery has declared Davis’s birthday an official state holiday. The Sons of Confederate Veterans are planing to hold various ceremonies celebrating the event on June 14.
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Jefferson Davis’s Birthday as an Official Holiday
Posted in Civil War Memory, Jefferson Davis, The South on June 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That other 200th birthday…Jefferson Davis
Posted in Civil War Memory, Jefferson Davis, The South on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
