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 ...

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 ...

An elementary school in Jackson, Mississippi, will be renamed after President Barack Obama instead of its original namesake, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, leaders announced Tuesday. Janelle ...

Alabama is marking one of three Confederate holidays today. State offices are closed today to commemorate the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. June 3 is one of three in Alabama that ...

For the first time on film, this revealing DVD presents the complete story of Jefferson Davis in three informative and entertaining full-length episodes. Jefferson Davis was the Confederate States of ...

On May 10, 1865, Union troops captured Confederate President Jefferson Davis near Irwinville, Georgia. Davis and his Cabinet had retreated from Richmond after Gen. Robert E. Lee’s defeat at Petersburg ...

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 ...

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 1911 Jefferson Davis statue erected in the Jim Crow racial segregation era is taken off of its pedestal in New Orleans, La. Thursday, May 11, 2017.The city council voted to remove the monument and ...

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 ...