Meeting Announcements

ID: 4493 ~ Source: "Louisiana Monument." The Daily Picayune. December 12, 1912. Memorial Association Papers, Louisiana Historical Association collection. Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University.

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The Times-Picayune ran an ad each time The Jefferson Davis Monument Association met to discuss matters related to the project. Meetings were frequently held on Saturday afternoons at Memorial Hall in New Orleans. Women played a large role in the Association, which raised funds and secured approval for the monument. At the dedication ceremony, it was reported that a group of New Orleans schoolgirls fell into formation, rendering the Confederate flag in human form.

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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…