The Code Adam program for helping lost children in department stores is named in Adam's memory. The U.S. Congress passed the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act on July 25, 2006, and President Bush signed it into law on July 27.
The Confederacy included the states of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. Jefferson Davis was their President. Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri were called Border States.
The Government of the Confederate States of America. The capital of the Confederacy was briefly located in Montgomery and Davis thought it should stay there, in the Deep South. However, it was moved to Richmond, Virginia, in July 1861. Virginia had a larger population, a greater industrial capacity, and a historical legacy of leadership that Alabama could not match. Like the United States, the Confederate States of America was a republic. The confederacy had its own flag, currency, and constitution. The Confederacy's constitution was adopted on March 11, 1861 and much of it was taken word-for-word from the United States Constitution.