Title says it all really.The official site (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.)
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.