The Jefferson Davis's Citizenship Restoration Story
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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...
It all began with a promise to my grandmother. A pinky swear, really. But by 1977, that promise had carried me through more than a decade of intense research, lobbying, and prayer—and landed me on the steps of the United States Capitol.
The final two years of the journey to restore Jefferson Davis’s U.S. citizenship were a whirlwind of anticipation, action, and—at last—achievement.
It started on...
In the mid-1970s, I was juggling a career, raising a young family, and carrying a promise that weighed heavily on my shoulders: to restore the U.S. citizenship of my great-great-grandfather, Jefferson Davis. It wasn’t just a mission passed down from my grandmother—it was a personal calling. And slowly, piece by piece, the path began to open.
Some of the most pivotal steps came not through grand g...
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