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Jefferson Davis Highway

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Jefferson Davis Highway

August 20, 2026

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A 3 June 1989 rededication ceremony at the Texas Tourist Bureau in Anthony, Texas, honored the 1955 Jefferson Davis Highway marker and linked the event to Confederate memory, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the figure of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy. The dedication…

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