The following is a collection of stories that can lead to some answers, as well as suggested reading concerning the Jefferson Davis monument removal and how it went down. The monument to ...

Jones said she's seen the pro-monument group stationed at the Jefferson Davis memorial for days and was bothered that "there's no one to tell them 'no.'" "The thing is, Mid-City, we don't want it ...

The Jefferson Davis Memorial Chair in Selma, Alabama was stolen from the Live Oaks Cemetery in March. Now, the group that claims to currently possess the monument is demanding a ransom from the ...

Jefferson Davis and three generations of ... Years later, a driving force behind the Davis monument in New Orleans was a Jim Crow-era attempt to restore his honor "as a statesman," said historian ...

While dismantling the pedestal that once held a Jefferson Davis statue in Richmond ... first box to be discovered beneath a Confederate monument in Richmond. In December, two time capsules ...

Jefferson Davis doesn't need it anymore ... Weathered by time, the monument used to show details of ferns, tree trunks and branches. An inscription read "Here We Rest" on the chair's back ...

Image The Jefferson Davis Monument in Fairview is two-thirds the size of the Washington Monument. In 1924 it was meant to be the crown jewel of a highway leading tourists to Confederate hallmarks ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Richmond Police responded to Monument Avenue after the Jefferson Davis statue was torn down. The statue of Davis, the former president of the Confederacy, is the second to ...

Shortly before 11 p.m., the statue depicting Confederate President Jefferson Davis was felled from its pedestal at Monument and Davis avenues. Police quickly swarmed the area. A tow company hauled ...

The debate over Confederate symbols flared in Richmond on Thursday after vandals painted the message “Black Lives Matter” on the Monument Avenue statue of Jefferson Davis, prompting a call to ...

Mississippi observes Jefferson Davis' birthday, combined with Memorial Day, as a state holiday. This combined holiday is one of three Confederate holidays observed in Mississippi. While other ...