Jefferson Davis Monument

ID: 4488 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Historic New Orleans Collection.

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The Jefferson Davis Monument stands at the intersection of Canal Street and Jefferson Davis Parkway. The announcement of the monument’s erection was written with much public anticipation and celebration.

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Jefferson Davis Monument

By Amber Nicholson, Karolyn Eilertsen (media curation) & Olivia Simkins (media curation)

Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans, Louisiana on December 6, 1889. Residents hung black bunting from buildings along St. Charles…