List of memorials to Jefferson Davis Facts for Kids

Jefferson Davis in National Statuary Hall

Jefferson Davis was a very important person in American history. He was the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. After the war, many statues, schools, and places were named or built to remember him. This article lists some of these memorials. Over time, some of these memorials have been changed or removed.

Statues and Monuments
- Famous Statues Removed
- Other Notable Monuments
Schools Named After Him
Places Named After Him
Postage Stamps
Holidays
Other Memorials
See also

Statues and Monuments

Statue formerly at Memphis Park. Removed in 2017.

Statue formerly at Monument Avenue, Richmond. Removed in 2020.

Bust of Davis at Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site

Bust of Davis at Old Warren County Courthouse

Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park

The Jefferson Davis monument in New Orleans was removed in 2017.

Many statues and monuments were built to honor Jefferson Davis across the United States. These include large sculptures, busts (head and shoulders statues), and tall structures called obelisks.

Famous Statues Removed

A large statue of Jefferson Davis was on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia. It was put up in 1907. In 2020, people protesting the murder of George Floyd pulled the statue down.
In 2015, students at the University of Texas at Austin voted to remove a statue of Davis from their campus. Messages like "Black Lives Matter" were written on its base. The university moved the statue to a museum for educational purposes in August 2015.
A statue of Jefferson Davis in Memphis Park in Memphis, Tennessee, was removed in 2017.
In New Orleans, a statue of Davis was located at Jeff Davis Parkway and Canal Street. The city decided to remove it in 2015, and it was finally taken down in May 2017.

Other Notable Monuments

Jefferson Davis is part of a huge carving on Stone Mountain in Georgia. This carving is called a bas-relief and is one of the largest in the world.
A very tall concrete obelisk marks the spot where Davis was born in Fairview, Kentucky. It is 351 feet tall.
There are busts of Jefferson Davis at the Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site in Irwinville, Georgia, and outside the Jeff Davis County Court House in Hazlehurst, Georgia.
In Pensacola, Florida, an obelisk from 1891 remembers Davis and other Confederate figures.
A statue of Jefferson Davis represents the state of Mississippi in the National Statuary Hall inside the U.S. Capitol Building.
Statues of Davis are also found in the state capitol buildings of Alabama, Virginia, and Kentucky.
The Vicksburg National Military Park in Mississippi has two statues of Davis. One is a stand-alone statue, and another is next to a statue of Abraham Lincoln as part of the Kentucky monument.
A bust of Davis and his wife, Varina, is in the rose garden of the Old Courthouse Museum in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
The Mississippi Monument to the Confederate Dead in Jackson, has a white marble statue of Davis. It was carved in Italy.

Schools Named After Him

Many schools were named after Jefferson Davis, especially in the Southern United States. However, some of these schools have been renamed in recent years.

Jefferson Davis Community College in Brewton, Alabama, was renamed Coastal Alabama Community College in 2017.
Jefferson Davis High School in Montgomery, Alabama, was renamed Johnson Abernathy Graetz High School in 2022.
Jefferson Davis Middle School in West Palm Beach, Florida, was renamed Palm Springs Middle School in 2005.
Jefferson Davis Elementary School in New Orleans, Louisiana, was renamed for Ernest Nathan Morial, the city's first black mayor.
Jeff Davis Elementary School in Biloxi, Mississippi, was renamed Back Bay Elementary in 2020.
The Jefferson Davis Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College in Gulfport, Mississippi, was renamed Harrison County Campus in 2020.
Davis Magnet School in Jackson, Mississippi, was renamed Barack Obama Magnet School in 2017.
Jefferson Davis High School in Houston, Texas, was renamed Northside High School in 2016.
Jefferson Davis Middle School in Hampton, Virginia, was renamed Cesar Tarrant Middle School in 2018.
Lee–Davis High School in Mechanicsville, Virginia, was renamed Mechanicsville High School in 2020.
Other schools still bearing his name include Jefferson Davis Middle School in Jacksonville, Florida, and schools in Hazlehurst, Georgia, Greenwood, Mississippi, Blackville, South Carolina, and Dallas, Texas.

Places Named After Him

Several counties and towns in the United States are named after Jefferson Davis.

Jeff Davis County, Georgia (named in 1905)
Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana (named in 1912)
Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi (named in 1906)
The community of Fort Davis, Texas
Jeff Davis County, Texas (named in 1887)

Postage Stamps

five cent 1861 issue

five cent 1862 issue

ten cent 1863 issue

Jefferson Davis postage stamps

J. Davis on Stone Mountain 1970 issue

Jefferson Davis appeared on several postage stamps issued by the Confederacy during the Civil War. His portrait was also on a United States postage stamp in 1995. This stamp was part of a series celebrating 130 years since the end of the Civil War. In 1970, he was also featured on a stamp showing the Stone Mountain Memorial Carving.

Holidays

Jefferson Davis's birthday, June 3, is still celebrated as a holiday in some states.

In Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, and Tennessee, his birthday is celebrated on June 3.
In Alabama, it's celebrated on the first Monday in June.
In Mississippi, the last Monday of May (which is Memorial Day) is also called "National Memorial Day and Jefferson Davis's Birthday."
In Texas, "Confederate Heroes Day" is on January 19, which is Robert E. Lee's birthday. Davis's birthday used to be celebrated separately but was combined with Lee's in 1973.

Other Memorials

The Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum is located at Beauvoir, Davis's last home in Biloxi, Mississippi. It includes a bronze statue of Davis. The library was damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 but was rebuilt and reopened in 2013.
Jefferson Davis Memorial Park is in Fitzgerald, Georgia.
In 1978, the U.S. Congress voted to remove a ban that prevented Davis from holding public office. President Jimmy Carter signed this into law.
The desk Jefferson Davis used in the U.S. Senate is now reserved for the senior Senator from Mississippi.
The former Jefferson Davis Highway was a transcontinental road named in his honor. Parts of this highway still exist, but some sections have been renamed, like in Alexandria, Virginia, and Arlington County, Virginia.
A bronze plaque in Mississippi City, Mississippi, remembers Davis's final speech. In this speech, he asked for unity among all U.S. citizens after the Civil War.
Jeff Davis Peak, a mountain in Nevada, was named after him in 1855 when he was the Secretary of War.
Jefferson Davis Hospital in Houston, Texas, was named after him because Confederate soldiers were buried in a nearby cemetery. It is now a protected historic landmark.
A monument to Davis is at the Fort Crawford Cemetery in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Davis was stationed there in 1831.
Fort Davis National Historic Site in Texas was named after him in 1854. This fort also gave its name to the surrounding Davis Mountains and the town of Fort Davis.
The Papers of Jefferson Davis is a project at Rice University that collects and publishes documents related to Davis's life.

List of memorials to Jefferson Davis facts for kids

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