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State offices closed in observance of Jefferson Davis’ birthday

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — Alabama state offices and courts are closed today in observance of Jefferson Davis’ birthday, a state holiday recognizing the former president of the Confederate States. Jefferson Davis was born on June 3, 1808, in Kentucky and later served as a U.S. Senator, Secretary of War, and President of the Confederacy during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. He spent part of his childhood in Mississippi after his family moved there. Following the Civil War, Davis

Reference: whnt.com

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