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Article: JEFFERSON DAVIS' 200TH COMMEMORATION TO BE HELD ON JUNE 7-8

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March 7, 2008
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The Kentucky Department of Parks issued the following news release:

Jefferson Davis State Historic Site will commemorate the 200th birthday of the Confederate president with an array of activities on Saturday, June 7, and Sunday, June 8.

The annual event will include living history camps, period demonstrations and vendors, special guest speakers, Davis family members, book signings, period music and many other educational events.

Born on this site on June 3, 1808, Davis served as a military and political leader not only during the Civil War, but also as a West Point graduate, Mexican War hero, Mississippi congressman and senator, and secretary of war during the Franklin Pierce ...

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