Jefferson Davis preached, after the war, that we have one country and should focus on making it that which God intended. History cannot be erased; it must be remembered and told with fact and truth.

The panel’s decision to remove the statue also called for it to be moved to the Jefferson Davis Historic Site in Todd County, where Davis was born. After being in the Capitol since 1936 at the ...

This week, The New York Times reported on a series of upcoming events that will mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. Many of ... "a mock swearing-in of Jefferson Davis as president of ...

Jefferson Davis, was potentially eligible to be elected the nation’s president after the Civil War. Can this be right? Section 3 states in relevant part, “No person shall … hold any office ...

Mississippi celebrates the birthday of Confederate States of America President Jefferson Davis on Memorial Day. What to know about the state holiday ...

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Jefferson Davis was the U.S. Secretary of War who ... who by their nature are not fit to govern themselves.” Even after the war — which killed more than 620,000 soldiers and left his beloved ...

Joshua Zeitz, a Politico Magazine contributing writer, is the author of Lincoln's God: How Faith Transformed a President and a Nation (May 2023). Follow him @joshuamzeitz. With this week’s ...

And not too many months after that the federal government ... Capitol cost seven lives. The Civil War cost seven hundred thousand. And yet Jefferson Davis was never held responsible for any ...

Jefferson Davis was raised on a plantation and educated at Transylvania University and West Point. He served as a congressman, a senator and as secretary of war, and distinguished himself in ...

Jefferson Davis' birthday is one of three confederate holidays in Alabama. See when it is observed and what closures will happen.