The plaque adorned a 15-foot (4.5 meter) marble statue of Davis, which sits in a corner of the state's ornate Capitol rotunda just behind a bronze likeness of Lincoln. Both men were born in Kentucky.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - A Kentucky commission voted Friday to take down a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the state capitol, adding its voice to a global push to remove symbols of ...

The Davis statue's removal from the Kentucky statehouse came amid reignited efforts to take down Confederate monuments around the U.S. after the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of police.

In this Aug. 5, 2015 file photo, a statue of Jefferson Davis, left, faces a statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Rotunda of the state Capitol in Frankfort, Ky.

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