Wait a cotton-pickin’ second!! I am happy Abraham Lincoln had decided not to hang the leadership of the Confederacy, but I don’t think he wanted citizens to wax their cars. The U.S. placed a military cemetery on Robert E. Lee’s family property. That was gesture worthy of 14th century Florence and reverberates today. Let a private group rebuild Davis’ home. Would taxpayers be expected to place vinyl siding on Timothy McVeigh’s house? Just because one wore levis and a windbreaker and the other dressed as a Kentucky colonel doesn’t mean the country is responsible for the latter’s Home Depot bills. There must be plenty of rich, crypto-confederates willing to restore old Jeff’s crib. While I fully support the preservation of history in thought and material, I would think African-Americans have a real beef on this one.
Thursday, April 27th, 2006April 25, 2006
Jefferson Davis home rebuild draws criticism
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Rick Guy/The Clarion-Ledger
Jefferson Davis’ home, Beauvoir, on Beach Boulevard in Biloxi,
sustained extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29.
Civil rights groups, budget hawk decry congressional plans to appropriate money for restoration
By Ana Radelat
Clarion-Ledger Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — The former home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, heavily damaged by Hurricane […]