This is a statue in Kentucky which celebrates the fact that Kentucky gave the nation two presidents: Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. This past June 1 was the anniversary of the birth of Kentucky as a state in 1792. Of course, before that it was a very large county in Virginia. Before that it was a great, grand hunting ground for various tribes of Native Americans, none of which claimed ownership of it, but shared its bounty, until European settlers came and wiped out the elk and buffalo and almost anything else at which they could aim a longrifle.
I could leave it at that, but, Hell, we're talking about my ancestors. Weren't they cool?
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