Beauvoir, home of Jefferson Davis, blown to bits

[Sampiro]

Title says it all really. (http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050830/NEWS0110/50830019) The official site (http://www.beauvoir.org/) (requires disabling of pop-up blockers) has pics of what it looked like before (as well as a comment on how well they were prepared for Hurricane Camille [sic]).

Before I'm pitted, I totally don't compare this to the loss of human lives and living houses, and I'm on record on SDMB as saying I think Davis was one of the worst Americans ever, but the loss is nonetheless sad from the historical perspective. (And "screw you" to the co-worker who said "Well thank God!" when she learned this- she's a self loathing Southerner who thinks any relic of the Confederacy should be destroyed, while I'm more of a "keep the buildings, lose the mindset" mode.)

Pity.

[MsRobyn]

That is a damn shame. Airman and I visited Beauvoir when he was stationed at Keesler, and it was absolutely beautiful.

Robin

[DeVena]

This is one of those place that we'd say, "Ya know, next time we're in town..." But we never went. Now we never will.
(Side note: Did Davis even consider himself an American? He never requested the restoration of his citizenship, did he?)

The massive loss of life and mind-blowing destruction just breaks my heart. But I hate the loss of the museums and libraries and history, too. DeHusband, a veteran, has been wondering how the National Cemetery in Biloxi fared.

[Shirley Ujest]

Oooooh, according to the first link, the mausoleum opened up in Biloxi and was dumping caskets onto the lawn.



ZOMBIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[asterion]

Well, now that it's blown to bits, can we start another national cemetery on the property? Heck, if we did it to Robert E. Lee....