I haven't visited this place for a very long time. Right now, I am planning on driving up to Clarksville around the middle of April for a fair. Perhaps, I will drive up to Fairview for a look when I go. I remember when I was a child driving along the two lane highway toward Bowling Green and coming across the obelisk along the road. It was impressive to a child. We usually had a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken and a picnic lunch when we went. I can only remember one time when we went up into the monument to look out the windows at the surrounding countryside. It is not much of a memorial, but it was historically significant since it marked the birthplace of Jefferson Davis, who was a hero of the Mexican War, Senator from Mississippi, Secretary of War under President Pierce, and President of the Confederacy.
The place where it sits is a small village on the edge of Christian County, but it was surrounded by quite pretty farmland. There was a Baptist church which sat on the site of the small inn operated by Davis's father, and which was donated to the Baptist church by Davis toward the end of his life. One time, when we were driving to Russellville, we stopped at an antique store on the corner where the state park sits and I found a collection of political buttons which included buttons for JFK, LBJ and Harry Truman. Obviously at Democratic collector. I do remember seeing a "Keep Cool with Coolidge" sign at the Morgan's house in Princeton. Other than Uncle David's mother, I didn't know too many Republicans back then, or at least it never came up in polite company. Now, most of the children and grandchildren of those old Democrats are Republicans. I don't think much changed other than the label.
Nevertheless, it is a sentimental little picture and reminds me of picnics and visits to the countryside from my grandmother's home in Hopkinsville.
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