(WHSV) - 164 years ago on Nov. 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected as president of the Confederate States of America. Davis’ election happened a year to the day after Abraham Lincoln was elected ...

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 ...

File - This 2017 photo shows a statue of Jefferson Davis, Confederate president, on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. The statue was torn down by protesters in 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Helber) From ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An impassioned plea by a descendant of the Confederate president seemed to swing momentum as South Carolina legislators debated whether to remove the rebel battle flag from the ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on tourism at Beauvoir, the former home of Jefferson Davis. By Kwame Anthony Appiah The remains of Nathan Bedford Forrest, a slave trader and leader of the Ku Klux ...

Alabama state government offices will be closed Monday to mark the birthday of the president of the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis’ birthday is a state holiday in Alabama. Florida and Mississippi are ...

Names of Confederate soldiers who died as prisoners of war at Baltimore’s Fort McHenry are emblazoned on a memorial above a small Confederate flag and flowers, Thursday, July 9, 2015, at Loudon Park ...

On Friday, Jan. 19, the state of Florida officially honors the birth of a man who led armies to fight against the United States of America. Confederate General Robert E. Lee's birthday is one of three ...

Why Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was added to the Constitution and remains relevant. By Mark A. Graber The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on tourism at Beauvoir, the former home of Jefferson Davis.