Mississippi observes Jefferson Davis' birthday, combined with Memorial Day, as a state holiday. This is one of three Confederate holidays observed in Mississippi, including Robert E. Lee/MLK Day and ...

NEW ORLEANS - A large police presence as well as large cranes and heavy equipment were all part of the removal of the monument to former Confederate President Jefferson Davis early Thursday, May 11.

A press conference was held Wednesday to announce efforts to change the name of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Highway. The stretch of the US 60 near Apache Junction could get a name change due to ...

The name of Confederate President Jefferson Davis has been removed from an arch at the Fort Monroe historic site in Hampton, Virginia. “Fort Monroe is where the first enslaved Africans arrived on our ...

During the more than $11 million transformation of the 5th Street bridge from a vehicle thoroughfare to a pedestrian walk, Augusta took care to remove and clean the historical markers commemorating ...

Davis was born in Kentucky on June 3, 1808. However, Alabama observes it on the first Monday in June. Davis served as president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War and had a ...

A Confederate monument in Arizona dedicated to the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, was recently tarred and feathered. Suggested Reading Paris Jackson ...

Mississippi honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis today. The Magnolia State isn't the only one to honor him with a state holiday or local celebration, but it is the only one to combine it with ...