Sir Camelot's First Happy Birthday

The last home of Jefferson Davis which goes by the name Beauvoir on Friday May 15, 2015 held a birthday party for its new resident camel on his first birthday.
He got a new name -- Sir Camelot. In fact, it was a child on a field trip from St. James Catholic Elementary School submitted the name "Camelot" in a contest.
His cake was specially made, twice taste-tested, camel-friendly cake. It was made of dates and carrots and after some hesitation Sir Camelot dove into it with such gusto that his handlers had to step in.
Sir Camelot, a one-humped Dromedary camel, arrived at Beauvoir in March. His predecessor, Stanley, retired to a petting zoo in Arizona. Since March, Sir Camelot has spent his days establishing his place in the pecking order of animals behind Beauvoir -- he's at the top -- and charming the children of the Coast.
HISTORY OF CAMELS AT BEAUVOIR: In May 1856 five years before the civil war, Davis engineered the importation of 33 camels for use by the US Army in the desert southwest. He was convinced that the camels were superior to horses in desert conditions, and the camels’ performance proved him correct. However, the later building of the transcontinental railroad rendered the camels obsolete.

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