I have printed this before with the permission given by Jefferson Davis's great-great grandson, Bertram Hayes-Davis.It is supposed to have been invented by Winnie for her father's birthday in later years.3/4 cup lemon juice1-3/4 lbs sugar dissolved in water6 bottles (4/5) [...]
Yesterday I outlined some of the events that the Association put on to mark our the beginning of the Sesquicentennial of the War Between the States in 2011. Today I want to talk about some of the work that has [...]
In preparing for the end of the year I thought it would be fun to recap 2011 Sesquicentennial events in which the First White House of the Confederacy participated: January 19 – celebrated our annual Robert E. Lee birthday party with Bill [...]
This article by Varina Davis on their last Christmas at the White House was reprinted in the Washington Times today. I have quoted parts of it before, and we have it in its entirety in our files.It was first published [...]
When the end of the year rolls around I like to check the status of our blog.We have had 7,489 hits all time, and 540 last month. Here is a list of the most popular ones:1. Descendants of Jefferson Davis - [...]
I read an article on the Internet by Winston Skinner of the Times Herald in Newnan, GA., titled "St. John's Episcopal Church has plaque recalling Jefferson Davis". The plaque, of course, is because the Davis family worshiped there during the time Montgomery was [...]
Thanks for the comments on the Saturday, December 17 blog. How much we appreciate those kind words of anonymous, as well as the interesting follow-up on slavery by Richard, and how it has affected the whole country, even down into the [...]
We invite comments from all our readers and we hope you will go back to our Dec 4 blog "Stonewall Jackson and His Christian Principles" and read Richard's excellent comments.It makes me so sad to think of what might have happened, [...]
Thanks Richard, for your comments on Christmas during the War, (blog of Dec 5th), and how the soldiers must have felt. I am sure as you suggest that they mus have wondered if they would ever spend another Christmas at home [...]
One of the many causes of the War was the difference in the kinds of people who settled in the northeast as opposed to those who settled in Virgina and the Carolinas and later went west and south.The Puritans of New England regarded Christmas [...]