NC highway sheds Jefferson Davis name, but marker remains
CHAPEL HILL— A North Carolina county has repealed a resolution that named a highway stretch to honor Confederate President Jefferson Davis, but for now, the marker will remain.The Herald-Sun reports the Orange County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to repeal a 1959 resolution designating the local stretch of U.S. 15 as part of the Jefferson Davis National Highway.Commissioners Chair Mark Dorosin says the county wanted to “formally correct the historical […]
