The Jefferson Davis's Citizenship Restoration Story
Join me on the incredible decade-long journey of how I fought to restore my great-great grandfather's citizenship and honor his legacy! #JeffersonDavis#CivilWar#FamilyHistory.
Some stories belong in books. Others belong in the places where history actually happened.
For Dr. Howard Edward Haller, great-great-grandson of Jefferson Davis, the long journey to restore his ancestor’s U.S. citizenship is now finding a home at Beauvoir, Jefferson Davis’s historic estate and presidential library in Biloxi, Mississippi.
From Washington D.C. to the Gulf Coast
In 1978, after 1...
Some pieces of history live only in books. Others you can actually hold in your hands.
The Jefferson Davis Citizenship Project collection includes documents that aren’t just records — they’re witnesses to a promise kept, a law passed, and a moment of reconciliation in American history.
The Red-Line Resolution
One of the most striking artifacts is the official red-line copy of the Joint Resolu...
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Help preserve this rare piece of American history and receive a mailed collector’s package — including a reproduction of the red-line resolution and a photo of Dr. Haller beside the Jefferson Davis portrait.