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FEMA Gives $3 Million to Restore Jefferson Davis’ Home

HeadlineFeb 12, 2007

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has agreed to pay about $3 million to help repair the former home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Davis led the Confederacy in the South during the Civil War. Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed the 150-year-old home in Biloxi, Mississippi.

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