Beauvoir, The Jefferson Davis Home & Presidential Library
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- The Beauvoir estate is notable as the historic post-war home (1876-1889) of the former President of the Confederate States of America, Jefferson Davis, (1807/08-1889). Its construction was begun in 1848 facing the Gulf Coastline (Gulf of Mexico) at Biloxi, Mississippi. It was purchased earlier in 1873 by the planter Samuel Dorsey and his wife Sarah Dorsey. After her husband's death in 1875, the widow, Sarah Ellis Dorsey learned of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis' difficulties. She invited him to visit at the plantation and offered him a cottage near the main house, where he could live and work at his memoirs ("Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government"). He ended up living there the rest of his life. The house and plantation have since been designated as a National Historic Landmark, recognized and listed by the U.S. Department of the Interior and its National Park Service (established 1916).
Ill with cancer, in 1878 Sarah Ellis Dorsey remade her will, bequeathing her entire estate, including "Beauvoir" to Jefferson Davis making his youngest daughter, Varina Anne Davis, known as "Winnie", the residuary legatee, inheriting after her father died. His wife, Winnie's mother, Varina Howell Davis, was also living there. The three Davises lived there until former President Davis' death in 1889. Davis' widow, Varina Howell Davis, and their daughter, Winnie, moved to New York City in 1891.
After the death of Varina Anne Davis ("Winnie") in 1898, Varina Howell Davis inherited the plantation. She sold it in 1902 to the Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans with the stipulation that it be used as a Confederate state veterans home and later as a memorial to her husband. Barracks were built nearby and the property was used as such a home until 1953, with the death of the last veteran of the Confederate States Army in Mississippi.
At that time, the main house was adapted as a house museum. In 1998, a Presidential Library (similar in style to the other United States Presidential Libraries, an archival and museum system operated by the National Archives and Records Administration, established in 1934/1935, with the first presidential library for 32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940) was completed and opened on site.
The main house and library were badly damaged, and other outbuildings were destroyed, during Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005. Beauvoir survived a similar onslaught from Hurricane Camille in 1969. The house was restored and has been re-opened, while work continues on the library.
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Pre-Covid Trip from 11/19
Love old history like this, it has the same feel has colonial Williamsburg. Thanks for keeping history alive.
Thank you my friend!
Me and my kids are going today on our way home to Chattanooga, after visiting a vet friend in Gautier. I hope it's as cool as what I saw in the video! I'm a Civil War historian and absolutely love Southern history, the correct history, not what people today have re-written to depict! Good video and thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much!
Betty here....we toured Beauvoir in March, 2020 days before things started shutting down due to Covid 19. We had the same guide, too. Being a Civil War reenactor I found Beauvoir fascinating and it was the highlight of our visit to Biloxi. Thanks for this wonderful video. Blessings!
Thank you so much!
well done video, Arron. Glad you caught the main points just in case is should be shut down.
If we destroy or past we are bound to repeat it.
*-*Sonny Girl-** Thank you so much Sonny girl, this place spent majority of its time in service to others as a hospital, retirement home, and now museum it’s sad so many yet find that threatening and a symbol of hate.
@@PassingThroughProductions 💛 The totality of one's life should not be judged for a small portion of it. I don't think any of us would fare too well under those conditions as we have all had time we would love to turn the hands of time back on.
Thank you for having the courage to offer this contribution towards understanding our history.
Doug Bevins Actually, I’m African American. For the record, I was referencing American history. If you were triggered by the misunderstanding, please accept my sincerest mea culpa.
Thank you John.
Doug Bevins I welcome you expounding on your narrow beliefs.
Doug Bevins clearly nor do I believe your claim as to your age. You have every right to your beliefs and I don’t think you necessarily wrong in them I just don’t think they give the full picture. Erasing history is never the answer. I agonized over posting this but my life speaks for itself.
Awesome video!
It looked like it was recorded back last fall, then I saw your pinned comment... LOL!
Very cool historical place.
Thank you my friend! I had a ton of old footage that I haven’t been doing anything with and I thought now is as good a time as any.
My mother and father lived theyer for years, What a cool place,great video bro!
Thank you my friend I really appreciate it. Awesome city.
Very nicely done :-)
RVrebel Girl Thank you so much!
At least you got a video of it before its torn down and or renamed like everything else. What I find interesting is that Davis in most all his statues (not paintings) the sculpture artist gave his facial features an uncanny similarity to Lincoln
That’s a great point Ron I’ve often thought that.
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Thank you for watching!
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Thank you for watching sir.
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