From the Sons of Confederate Veterans Pacific NW Division.
Davis' connection with Washington state.
I knew Jefferson Davis served in the U.S. Army after graduating from West Point and was in the Mexican War and was Secretary of War for four years, but what might his connection with Washington State be?
As secretary of War for the United States from 1853-1857, he pushed for westward expansion and added forts and arsenals in the west. He directed that surveys be made for a path for the transcontinental railroad and had a military road built from Walla-Walla to Puget Sound.
OK, Then. He Had a Connection. --Old Secesh
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Showing posts with label Jefferson Davis Highway. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jefferson Davis Highway. Show all posts
Friday, February 26, 2016
Friday, February 8, 2008
Don't Think This Guy Much Likes Confederates
Let's file this under The War Goes On.
Dave Kampf in an entry dated January 31st at http://gwdiscourse.com/domesticintelblog/ wrote that he had recently had an article published in the Daily Colonial about "Treason Highway." which is his name for the Jefferson Davis Highway.
He says, "The thought of having to drive my car over his highway rather than his decrepid corpse is enough to make me want to vomit."
"The Jefferson Davis Highway should be renamed immediately and not by the federal government, which already has renamed it US-1, but by the State of Virginia and the District of Columbia, both of whom preserve the original name on street signs. Until then, I shall refer to it only as the Treason Highway. I hope you do too, lest we forget the ugliness of Jefferson Davis and the brutality, racism, and sedition that composes his legacy."
He said he had received some feedback from people who did not agree with him. Imagine that?
One thing, the US government changed the names of all pre-1928 to numbers as part of an effort to alleviate confusion with the rise in automobiles. There is a similar controversy out in Oregon over a Jefferson Davis Highway in that state.
Perhaps We Ought to Take Dave Off the Invite List for Next Year's Lee-Jackson Dinner. --The Old Blockade-Runner
Dave Kampf in an entry dated January 31st at http://gwdiscourse.com/domesticintelblog/ wrote that he had recently had an article published in the Daily Colonial about "Treason Highway." which is his name for the Jefferson Davis Highway.
He says, "The thought of having to drive my car over his highway rather than his decrepid corpse is enough to make me want to vomit."
"The Jefferson Davis Highway should be renamed immediately and not by the federal government, which already has renamed it US-1, but by the State of Virginia and the District of Columbia, both of whom preserve the original name on street signs. Until then, I shall refer to it only as the Treason Highway. I hope you do too, lest we forget the ugliness of Jefferson Davis and the brutality, racism, and sedition that composes his legacy."
He said he had received some feedback from people who did not agree with him. Imagine that?
One thing, the US government changed the names of all pre-1928 to numbers as part of an effort to alleviate confusion with the rise in automobiles. There is a similar controversy out in Oregon over a Jefferson Davis Highway in that state.
Perhaps We Ought to Take Dave Off the Invite List for Next Year's Lee-Jackson Dinner. --The Old Blockade-Runner
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