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Associated Press - December 1, 2009 5:24 AM ET
BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Ground will be broken Sunday for construction of the new Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum in Biloxi.
The $10.5 million library will replace the one lost to Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
The event is at 2 p.m. on the grounds of Beauvoir, the last home of Jefferson Davis.
The new library's first floor will hold a multipurpose room, gift shop and offices. The second floor will house two museums, one dedicated to the Davis family and the other to Civil War soldiers and the library.
The museum estate is owned and operated by Mississippi Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans.
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