The Jefferson Davis's Citizenship Restoration Story
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September 26, 1978, began like any other day in Washington, D.C. — but for Dr. Howard Edward Haller, it was the culmination of 13 years of work, hope, and determination.
By sundown, both the House of Representatives and the Senate would approve the resolution to restore Jefferson Davis’s U.S. citizenship.
A Long Year of Waiting
After the Senate passed the resolution in April 1977, it stalled ...
Senator Orrin G. Hatch and Dr. Howard Haller
In the months that followed President Carter’s signature, the sense of closure deepened.
On November 7, 1978, Senator James Eastland mailed me a clipping from The Washington Post, headlined:
“Carter: The Civil War is Over.”
Those five words captured something bigger than just a bill—they marked the end of an era and the healing of a national wound.
A...
On October 17, 1978, the moment finally came.
It didn’t happen with television cameras flashing or with crowds gathered around. It happened quietly, in the White House, while the President of the United States was balancing peace in the Middle East with a personal request from a great-great-grandson of Jefferson Davis.
That great great grandson was me.
And I’ll never forget what it felt like w...
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