Last year, WLOX, ABC TV in Bolixi, Ms, reported that the 200th birthday of Jefferson Davis was celebrated at the birthplace of the Confederacy, in Montgomery, Alabama. Davis' great-great grandson recreated the swearing in of Davis. This was the first of many events planned throughout the year.
Said Bertram Hayes-Davis, president of the Davis Family Association, "I stand here representing a family that is very proud of their ancestor."
Hayes-Davis stood on the bronze star atop the capitol steps where Davis took the oath of office Feb. 18, 1861, and put his hand on the same Bible which was held by Leonadis Milton Leathers, III, of Athens, Georgia, whose great-great grandfather, Georgia Governor Howard Cobb, held it on that auspicious occasion.
A Great Way to Recreate History. --Old B-R
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
