Completed in 1924, this 351-foot obelisk marks the birthplace of Lincoln's adversary, Jefferson Davi, President of the Confederate States of America. The site is now home to the Jefferson Davis State Historic Site, where visitors can tour a museum about Davis and ride an elevator to the top of the monument. While both Davis and Abraham Lincoln were born in Kentucky, near each other in both time and place, yet they took starkly different paths in honoring American ideals and promises. Each man’s path is worth studying and contrasting, and Americans get to continually decide which man was a true patriot.

258 Pembroke-Fairview Rd.

U.S. Highway 68-80

Fairview, KY 42221

Phone: (270) 889-6100

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