Show SOUTH HOPS ANN OF BIRTH OF JEFF 0 memorial park in kentucky town purchased by admirers of confederate chieftain is formally dedicated fairview fairbie Pair view w ky among the trees which have grown up tip about the birthplace of jefferson davis since the year early in the nineteenth century when the davis dails family removed to the jefferson davis memorial park was dedicated on thursday northeast across tile the state is hodgenville Hodg enville near which lincoln was born eight months after his great opponent in september 1907 when the gray ranks of Kentuck ys famous orphan brigade met in glasgow ky at tile the lagrave grave of general joseph H lewis their commander former governor bucknor buchner of kentucky broached tho the plan of the jefferson davis memorial asso association cation subscriptions were started the women of the south aiding ably and when all but had been een raised to purchase seventeen acres at fairview general bennett il young commanding the kentucky division united confederate veterans advanced that sum and made the memorial possible oratory music and flowers made the day notable A basket di dinner and a barbecue were provided by tile the people of todd and christian counties which share equally the town of fairview general young a former lieutenant of the gray wrote the chief address of the day and it was read by colonel all milton ton general young asserted that every southern state should rear a s shrift to jefferson davis whose character charr r ader and sufferings he dwelt upon n he paid high tribute to U lincoln n coin saying that the time had come when men might speak kindl yand truly or of the past the plan is to raise more w with ith which to build a ine memorial morial temple to contain all the records of the and to remodel a tw residence on the davis farm to boase tile the widows of confederate soldiers |