Mrs. William J. Behan

ID: 4516 ~ Source: Behan, Mrs. W. J. Photographs, Louisiana Historical Association Collection, Louisiana Research Collection, Tulane University.

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This picture is taken from the obituary of Mrs. William J. Behan. Mrs. Behan served as the president of the Ladies' Southern Memorial Association of New Orleans and also served in the Jefferson Davis Monument Association of New Orleans. She played a major role in the fundraising for and planning of the Jefferson Davis Monument.

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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…