Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mississippi honors Confederate President Jefferson Davis today. The Magnolia State isn't the only one to honor him with a state ...

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 ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Historian James McPherson talked about his book, Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief, in which he presents Confederate president ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- Protesters tore down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis along Richmond, Virginia's famed Monument Avenue on Wednesday night. The statue in the former capital of the ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Destined to become the Confederacy’s only president, Jefferson Davis entered politics in 1845, when Mississippians ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Valentine Museum is temporarily moving the statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in Los Angeles for the upcoming ...

A life-size statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis could stand with the one of Abraham Lincoln at Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond. The Sons of Confederate Veterans is offering to donate a ...

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 ...