The statue of Jefferson Davis was the third monument to be taken down by protesters in Richmond this past week Protesters in Richmond, Virginia tore down a statue of Confederate President ...

but the prosecution of Jefferson Davis for treason would surely have taken the 19th-century title—if it had happened. The ex-Confederate president was released 150 years ago this month on $ ...

Lee and Confederate States President Jefferson Davis — still on the books in the Sunshine State after well over a century, ...

Sarah also was the first wife of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Her parents gave her the middle name Knox after Fort Knox, in pre-state Indiana, where her military father was ...

What began in April with New Orleans’s planned-if-ill-advised banishment of statues of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and generals P. G. T. Beauregard and Robert E. Lee has devolved into ...

TASS, June 11. Protesters in Richmond (Virginia) have torn down the monument erected to the only President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), local WRIC TV said ...

A statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis was torn down by protesters in Richmond, Virginia, on June 11, while another another one of general Robert E. Lee is set for removal by the city.

Alabama also celebrates Robert E. Lee Day in January and Confederate President Jefferson Davis’ birthday in June. Texas celebrates Confederate Heroes Day on Jan. 19. According to the Texas ...

Seven of the Confederate statues taken down over the past decade commemorated Jefferson Davis. A Mississippi congressman ... the statue proclaimed the president of the Confederacy a heroic ...

Lee and Confederate States President Jefferson Davis — still on the books in the Sunshine State after well over a century, despite numerous attempts to remove them. Confederate Memorial Day was ...