BEAUVOIR   - The Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library

owned and operated by the Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans

Calendar of Events

 

Upcoming Events

  • 10am Tuesday June 3, 2008
    200th Birthday Celebration for Jefferson Davis and Grand reopening of Beauvoir House. Come join us for this historical event.

    Tentative Program

    • Military Processional
      • Music by The Unreconstructed Band
      • Music by the Cracker Dan Band
    • Presentation of Colors
      • SCV Missisippi Division Color Guard - Paul Marshall and Alan Palmer
    • Flag Ceremony
      • Pledge of Allegiance to the United States Flag
    • Salute: Mississippi Flag
    • Salute: Confederate Flag
    • Invocation Rev. Cecil Fayard
      • Welcome and Introduction of Distinguished Guest
        • Richard Forte Sr. Chairman of the Combined Boards and Master of Ceremonies
    • Comments:
      • The Commander - in - Chief, National Sons of Confederate Veterans
        • Chris Sullivan
      • President General, United Daughters of the Confederacy
        • Janice Langford
        • The Commander of the Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans
                • Larry McCluney
        • President of the Mississippi Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy
                • Pauline Watkins
        • President of the Mississippi Chapter of the Order of the Confederate Rose
                • Sally Wooten
        • The Commander of the Mississippi Society of the Military Order of Stars and Bars
                • Johnny Wooten
        • President of the Mississippi Chapter of the Children of the Confederacy
                • Richard Fairchild

      • Recognition of Distinguished Guests and Introduction of Speakers
        • Richard Forte Sr. Chairman of the Combined Boards and Master of Ceremonies
      • Comments
        • Larry Albert, Architect, Albert and Associates
      • Address
        • Bert Hayes-Davis, Great, Great, Grandson of Jefferson Davis
      • 200th Birthday Salute for Jefferson Davis
        • Musket Salute
          • Col. Scott Garret
        • Artillery Salute
          • Mississippi Light Artillery
            • Capt. John Owens
        • "Dixie"
          • The Unrecontructed Band
          • The Cracker Dan Band
      • Retiring of Colors and Military Recessional

All Guests are Invited to tour Beauvoir House and enjoy the JEFFERSON DAVIS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION on the grounds at the conclusion of the program.

 

*All reenactors please use back gate entrance.