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The Jefferson Davis Monument State Historic Site is a Kentucky state park commemorating the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America, in Fairview, Kentucky.
Jefferson Davis State Historic Site is a memorial to the Kentuckian born on this site on June 3, 1808. The monument is a 351-foot obelisk constructed on a foundation of solid Kentucky limestone. An elevator takes visitors to the top for a bird's-eye view of the countryside.
A monument to Jefferson Davis was unveiled on June 3, 1907, on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, and a life-sized statue by George Julian Zolnay marks his grave at Hollywood Cemetery in that city.
The 351-foot monument to Davis constructed on this site marks Davis' birthplace and rests on a foundation of solid Kentucky limestone. Our visitor's center features exhibits detailing Davis' political life before and after the Civil War, and offers Kentucky handcrafts, souvenirs, books and Civil War memorabilia.
The monument at the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site is a 351 foot tall stone obelisk. The park here commemorates the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, the preisdent of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis Monument. Fairview, Kentucky. Jefferson Davis was the first-and-only President of the Confederacy, leader of the rebellious South that broke away in 1861 and sparked the Civil War.
Davis was taken prisoner and held in Virginia for two years until released. Today, a monument marks the spot where he was arrested. Visitors can tour the 13 acre historic site that includes a museum, short trail, a gift shop, picnic tables and a group shelter.
Jun 16, 2020 · Classes in Todd County schools often brought their lunches to the land beneath a 351-foot monument dedicated to the man who served as president of the Confederate States of America, and, in...
May 13, 2019 · Although it’s about 200 feet shorter than its look-alike in our nation’s capital, the Jefferson Davis Monument rises 351 feet from its base in the tiny hamlet of Fairview, Kentucky. The monument is a part of the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site, situated on the border of Christian and Todd counties.
Jefferson Davis Monuments This article by Dr. Joy M. Giguere, “Young and Littlefield’s Folly”: Fundraising, Confederate Memorialization, and the Construction of the Jefferson Davis Monument in Fairview, Kentucky, 1907-1924,” examines the memorialization of Davis in Kentucky.
