The Jefferson Davis's Citizenship Restoration Story

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Close-up of President Jimmy Carter smiling — the leader who, in 1978, signed the bill restoring Jefferson Davis’s U.S. citizenship and declared, “The Civil War is over.”
The Day President Carter Signed Jefferson Davis’s Citizenship Bill

On October 17, 1978, in the midst of balancing Middle East peace talks and the daily responsibilities of the presidency, Jimmy Carter signed Public Law 95-466 — officially restoring the U.S. citizenship of Jefferson Davis.

It was the final act in a 13-year journey for Dr. Howard Edward Haller, great-great-grandson of Jefferson Davis, who had promised his grandmother he would see this through.

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