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Civil War Center Considers Donated Davis

A Civil War center that examines all sides of that historic conflict is considering whether to add a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis to its Richmond collection.

The Virginia Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans has offered the $100,000 art work to the American Civil War Center. The center's board is expected to act Wednesday on the gift.

The heritage group said the offer of the life-sized bronze casting is intended to mark the bicentennial of Davis' birth in Kentucky.

The group's spokesman, Brag Bowling, has said the Davis statue is not payback for a statue of Abraham Lincoln that was dedicated at the site of the Civil War center in 2003 amid protests from staunch defenders of the South's role in the war.

Read entire article at AP