Alabama state offices will be closed Monday for a holiday marking the birthday of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
A chair-shaped monument went missing last year from 200-year-old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma.
A Black receptionist who has retired from the First White House of the Confederacy in Montgomery has filed a racial discrimination complaint.
A judge has delayed the trial of a New Orleans man charged with stealing a chair-shaped Confederate monument from a Selma cemetery in a bizarre ransom scheme.
The Alabama attorney general’s office says the City of Montgomery owes a $25,000 for changing the name of Jeff Davis Avenue, named after Confederate President Jefferson Davis.
Montgomery Planning Commission Approves Jeff Davis Ave. Renaming
A group claiming responsibility for stealing a Confederate monument from Old Live Oak Cemetery in Selma last month is now threatening to turn the ornate sculpture of a chair into a toilet. A representative of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on March 20 reported to police that the Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair had gone missing from the cemetery. Someone…
Soldiers with the Montgomery Field Artillery attend the ceremony for the laying of the cornerstone of the Confederate Monument on Capitol Hill in Montgomery on April 29, 1886. The first and only President of The Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, attended the ceremony. He died less than three years later. Source: Alabama Department of Archives and History More information HERE. Categories: Montgomery…
Trustees of the state’s community college system have approved the merger of three south Alabama colleges. The Alabama Community College Board of Trustees unanimously approved the consolidation Wednesday. Faulkner State Community College, Alabama Southern Community College and Jefferson Davis Community College will be merged. The new multi-campus institution will be known as Coastal Alabama Community College. The Alabama Commission on…
Jeff Davis’ birthday will be celebrated this morning at the First White House of The Confederacy. He was born on this date in 1808. The 11:00 AM event is free and open to the public. Birthday cake will be served. The Confederate capital was located in Montgomery for only a few months. It was relocated to Richmond for the duration…
