A Kentucky commission will not remove a statue of Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol, saying the likeness of the Confederate president juxtaposes nicely with an imposing statue of fellow ...

A son of Kentucky, Jefferson Davis never served an elected office in the commonwealth and for more than 80 years his statue has stood in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda. Skip Navigation.

Kentucky removed a statue of Jefferson Davis from the state Capitol, but can't seem to let go of a holiday in the state's books honoring the Kentucky-born president of the Confederacy. Most people ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Having led the push to take down a statue of Jefferson Davis from the Kentucky Capitol, the state’s governor had a ceremonial role Saturday in its removal from the place it ...

Jefferson Davis, a native of Kentucky, ... Kentucky Revised Statute 11.027 gives the Historic Properties Advisory Commission "final authority over articles" placed in the Capitol, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Confederate soldier John B. Castleman's statue may be gone from its perch overlooking Louisville's Cherokee Park, but the statue of Jefferson Davis, the first and only ...

Officials have removed a controversial plaque on the Jefferson Davis statue in the Kentucky Capitol Rotunda that called the president of the Confederate states “a patriot, hero, statesman.” ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Statues of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis have shared the same space in the Kentucky Capitol for more than 80 years, but only one of them was labeled a hero and a ...

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear threw up his hands when asked about the Jefferson Davis statue — there's no reason it should stand at the Capitol, he said.

House Bill 211 would remove three holidays from Kentucky state law: Robert E. Lee Day, ... “Just as we removed the Jefferson Davis statue from the Capitol Rotunda in 2020, ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. – A plaque calling Confederate President Jefferson Davis a "Patriot-Hero-Statesman" has been removed from his statue in Kentucky's Capitol. Kentucky's Historic Properties Advisory ...