>> WITH HIS LIFE'S HONOR IN

QUESTION, A FUTURE PRESIDENT

FOUGHT A DUEL IN LOGAN COUNTY.

OLD OFF AND READY WAS A WAR HE

ROW WHO BECAME THE 12th U.S.

PRESIDENT.

LINCOLN IS EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK

IN TONIGHT'S OUR TOWN, AND BOTH

CIVIL WAR PRESIDENTS WERE

KENTUCKIANS BY BIRTH.

IT'S HAIL TO THE CHIEF ON

"KENTUCKY LIFE"'S PRESIDENT'S

SHOW COMING RIGHT UP!

[ MUSIC ]

>> HELLO, I'M DAVIE SHUFFETT.

WELCOME TO "KENTUCKY LIFE"!

WE'RE HERE AT LEXINGTON'S

HISTORIC BODILY BODELY BULLOCK'

IT'S PERFECT PLACE FOR OUR

PRESIDENT'S SHOW.

MARY TODD ATTENDED SCHOOL NEXT

DOOR AND DOWN THE STREET IS

TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY WHOSE

ALUMNI INCLUDE VICE PRESIDENTS,

LEGISLATORS AND MORE THAN 30

GOVERNORS.

IN THEIR INAUGURATIONS, EACH OF

THE KENTUCKY GOVERNORS HAD TO

SWEAR THEY NEVER FOUGHT A DUEL.

BUT ONE OF AMERICA'S MOST FAMOU

DUEL WAS FOUGHT IN KENTUCKY WIT

A PARTICIPANT WHO WOULD GO ON T

BECOME AN AMERICAN PRESIDENT.

THE COMMON MISCONCEPTION ABOUT

DUELING IS IT WAS ALWAYS TO THE

DEATH.

>> IT WAS FAIRLY UNCOMMON IN A

DUEL TO TRY TO KILL EACH OTHER.

IN A DUEL YOU SETTLE A MATTER O

HONOR.

SO, TYPICALLY, IF YOU JUST SHOW

UP, CONGRATULATIONS YOU'RE NOT

COWARD, YOU PUT YOUR GRIEVANCES

ASIDE AND EVERYONE REQUIRES WIT

THEIR HOAR IN HONOR IN TACT.

JACKSON WAS A POLERRIZING

FIGURE.

YOU EITHER LOVED HIM OR HATED

HIM.

>> BEFORE HIS PRESIDENCY,

JACKSON WAS PRACTICING LAW IN

TENNESSEE.

HE WAS ALSO AN AVID HORSE

BREEDER AND THE ORIGINS OF THE

GRUDGE WITH CHARLES DICKINSON

BEGAN AT THE TRACK.

>> DICKINSON WENT TO A TAVERN

AFTERWARDS AND STARTED KIND OF

RUNNING HIS MOUTH A LITTLE BIT.

HE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT

JACKSON.

WHAT HE MOST LIKELY TALKED ABOU

WAS RACHEL JACKSON, ANDREW

JACKSON'S WIFE, BELOVED WIFE.

>> DICKINSON WAS REFERRING TO

THE FACT THAT RACHEL HAD MARRIE

JACKSON NOT KNOWING HER FIRST

HUSBAND HAD FAILED TO FINALIZE

THEIR DIVORCE.

>> JACKSON FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.

GIVEN THAT HE IS A GENTLEMAN ON

THE FRONTIER, HE FELT AS THOUGH

HE HAD NO CHOICE, BUT TO

CHALLENGE DICKINSON TO A DUEL.

>> DUELING WAS ILLEGAL IN

TENNESSEE BUT NOT IN THE BORDER

STATE OF KENTUCKY.

THE TWO CHOSE TO FACE OFF IN

LOGAN COUNTY WITH MANY ROOTING

FOR DICKINSON, WHO WAS KNOWN AS

THE BEST SHOT IN THE STATE OF

TENNESSEE.

>> YOU COULD TELL HOW BOTH SIDES

THOUGHT THE DUEL WAS GOING TO G

BY THE WAY THEY TRAVELED TO

KENTUCKY.

DICKINSON LOADED UP A COUPLE OF

WAGON, THEY GOT HIS BUDDIES

TOGETHER, STOPPED AT TAVERNS

ALONG THE WAY.

DICKINSON HELD SHOOTING

DEMONSTRATIONS.

FROM 20 PACES HE WOULD SHOOT

THROUGH A SPIDERWEB OR SOMEONE

WOULD YOU HOLD UP A PIECE OF

STRIRCHG AND HE WOULD SHOOT A

BULLET AND CUT IT IN HALF.

SO HE HAD A REPUTATION OF NOT

EXACTLY A GUY YOU WOULD WANT TO

PICK A GUN FIGHT WITH.

JACKSON TICK HIS BEST FRIEND AN

A SURGEON.

SO IF ONE OF YOUR SECONDS TO A

DUEL IS A DOCTOR, YOU HAVE AN

IDEA YOU'RE NOT QUITE AS

OPTIMISTIC AS THE OTHER GUY IS.

I BELIEVE BOTH WERE PRETTY SET

ON CARRYING THIS DUEL OUT.

I DO BELIEVE THAT BOTH SIDES

WENT TO KENTUCKY WITH THE

INTENTION THAT ONLY ONE WAS

GOING TO BE COMING BACK.

>> ON MAY 13, 1806, JACKSON AND

DICKINSON MET AT HARRISON'S MIL

ON THE RED RIVER.

BY DESIGN, JACKSON LET DICKINSO

FIRE FIRST.

>> SO DICKINSON SHOOTS FIRST BY

DESIGN.

THE SMOKE FROM THE GUN AND THE

LOOSENESS OF JACKSON'S OVERCOAT

MADE IT SUCH THAT DICKINSON HAD

TO WATCH JACKSON'S REACTION TO

SEE IF HE HIT HIM.

JACKSON TOOK A HALF STEP BACK,

REGAINS HIS POSITION AND

DICKINSON CRIED OUT, DID I MISS

HIM?

HE'S NOT USED TO MISSING.

JACKSON RAISES HIS PISTOL,

FIRES, IT DOESN'T GO OFF AND

JACKSON IS SO MAD AT DICKINSON

THAT HE MAKES HIM STAND THERE

WHILE HE FIXES HIS GUN AND HE

SHOTGUN AND IT WENT OFF.

>> SOME CLAIM JACKSON'S SHOOTING

TWICE IS A BREECH OF ETIQUETTE.

>> THE RESULT OF THE MISFIRE IS

UPDATE.

AT BEST, TO BE MOST FORGIVEN OF

JACKSON, IT WAS A QUESTIONABLE

MOVE.

>> WHEN JACKSON FIRED, IT WAS

CLEAR DICKINSON WAS MORE TALLY

WOUNDED.

>> THE BULLET WAS CLEAR, WENT IN

ONE SIDE OUT THE OTHER.

KNOT MUCH COULD BE DONE.

HIS SECONDS CARRY HIM TO A

NEARBY CAB BIN WHILE THEY TRIED

TO MAKE HIM COMFORTABLE.

ONE STORY IS HE BLED THROUGH TW

MATTRESSES BEFORE DYING 14 1/2

HOURS AFTER JACKSON SHOT HIM.

>> BUT IT'S WHAT HAPPENED AS

JACKSON HEADED BACK TO NASHVILL

PEOPLE WOULD TALK ABOUT FOR

YEARS TO COME.

JACKSON'S SURGEON NOTICED BLOOD

COMING FROM HIS BOOT.

>> HE SAYS, GENERAL, HAVE YOU

BEEN HIT?

AND JACKSON IN WHAT MIGHT BE TH

UNDERSTATEMENT OF JACKSON'S, YO

KNOW, QUOTABLE CAREER SAYS, OH,

I THINK HE PINKED ME A LITTLE,

THEN FELL OFF HIS HORSE.

>> DICKINSON HAD INDEED BEEN

SUCCESSFUL IN WOUNDING JACKSON.

>> DICKINSON HIT HIM WHERE HE

WANTED TO BUT BECAUSE HE PULLED

HIS JACKET A BIT, THE BULLET

MISSED HIS HEART AN INCH AND AN

A HALF TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF HIS

CHEST.

THE BULLET SHATTERED ON

JACKSON'S STERNUM, COLLAPSED A

LUNG, BROKE A COUPLE OF RIBS.

THE SURGEON DECIDED IT'S MORE

DANGEROUS TO TRY TO GET THE

FRAGMENTS THAN LEAVE IT ALONE.

THEY SEWED HIM UP AND HE LIVED

WITH THE BULLETS FOR THE REST O

HIS LIFE.

>> JACKSON WAS NOT PROSECUTED

FOR MURDER BECAUSE DUELING WAS

LEGAL IN KENTUCKY AND THE DUEL

HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON HIS

SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN FOR THE

PRESIDENCY IN 1829.

>> WHAT FASCINATES ME ABOUT

JACKSON IS HE REPRESENTS THE

BEST AND WORST OF AMERICA IN TH

19th CENTURY.

GIVEN HE WAS A SLAVE AND

PLANTATION OWNER IS LARGELY

CREDITED WITH SIGNING THE INDIA

REMOVAL ACT OF 1930 INTO LAW.

BUT HE WAS ALSO A SELF-MADE MAN

HE BROUGHT HIMSELF UP THROUGH

RANKS AND WAS ABLE TO ESTABLISH

HIMSELF AS ONE OF THE NATION'S

PRIMARY CITIZENS.

HE WENT FROM FAIRLY WELL-KNOWN

TENNESSEE TO NATIONAL HE ROUGH,

TO AN AMERICAN ROCK STAR WITH

THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, THAT

JACKSON REPRESENTS, YOU KNOW,

THE SELF-MADE MAN OF AMERICA AN

KIND OF THE ANYTHING IS POSSIBL

IN THIS NEW WORLD, BUT ALSO

LIVED OUT THE PREJUDICES OF THE

DAY.

>> HOWEVER, IN THE END,

DICKINSON MAY HAVE PLAYED A PAR

IN JACKSON'S DEATH.

>> WHEN JACKSON DIED IN 1845, HE

COMPLAINED OF SYMPTOMS THAT LOO

AN AWFUL LOT LIKE LEAD

POISONING.

GIVEN THEY NEVER TOOK THE BULLE

FRAGMENTS OUT OF HIS CHEST, IT'

LOGICAL TO ASSUME THAT LEAD

POISONING DID CONTRIBUTE

SOMEWHAT TO HIS DEATH, IN

ADDITION TO OLD AGE AND HARD

LIVING.

BUT IT'S BEEN SAID THAT CHARLES

DICKINSON DID SHOOT AND KILL

ANDREW JACKSON, IT JUST HAPPENE

TO BE 39 YEARS AFTER ANDREW

JACKSON SHOT AND KILLED CHARLES

DICKINSON.

>> TONIGHT WE'RE LOOKING AT

KENTUCKY'S CONNECTIONS TO THE

HIGHEST OFFICE IN THE LAND.

AT ket.org/"KENTUCKY LIFE,"

YOU WILL FIND STORES ABOUT OTHE

KENTUCKIANS PAST AND PRESENT.

AND ON OUR Facebook PAGE, TELL

US WHO YOU THINK IS THE GREATES

KENTUCKIAN.

ZACHARY TAYLOR WAS RAISED,

MARRIED AND BURIED IN KENTUCKY

BUT HIS PRESIDENTIALLE HOME

STATE IS LOUISIANA.

JUST ONE TO HAVE THE

CONTRADICTIONS IN THE LIFE AND

CAREER OF THE 12th U.S.

PRESIDENT.

ZACHARY TAYLOR THE 12th

12th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA IN

1784, BUT HIS FAMILY IMMEDIATEL

MOVED THE INFANT JUST OUTSIDE

THE TINY RIVERTOWN OF LOUISVILL

WHERE ZACH RIWOULD SPEND MOST

HIS LIFE.

HIS FATHER BUILT THEIR HOME ON

THE FAMILY PLANTATION,

SPRINGFIELD, OVERLOOKING BROWNS

BROWNSBORO ROAD NEAR THE MODERN

DAY WATERSON EXPRESSWAY.

>> THE HOUSE WAS UNDER

CONSTRUCTION SEVERAL YEARS AND

FINISHED BY 1790.

IT WAS A SIDE HALL COLONIAL.

THIS WAS THE FRONTIER AND ONE O

THE BOOKS I'VE GOT SAID THAT, B

THE DOOR, EVERY NIGHT, THE RIFL

WAS PUT DOWN IN ANTICIPATION

THAT MAYBE THE INDIANS WOULD

ATTACK.

>> SPRINGFIELD WAS A PLANTATION,

EXPOSING TAYLOR TO AN ISSUE THA

WOULD FOLLOW HIM TO HIS

PRESIDENCY.

>> THE TAYLOR FAMILY WERE SLAVE

HOLDERS.

SO TAYLOR GREW UP IN A

SLAVE-HOLDING FAMILY AND

SOCIETY.

KENTUCKY WAS A SLAVE STATE.

>> AFTER SPENDING HIS YOUTH AT

SPRINGFIELD, TAYLOR JOINED THE

ARMY.

ZACHZACH RIPROVED TO BEZACHARY

IN THE SOUTH, IN ONE ENGAGEMENT

HE EARNED THE NAME ROUGH AND

READY WHILE FIGHTING SEMINOLE

INDIANS IN FLORIDA.

HIS STATURE AS A HE HERO GREW I

THE MEXICAN WAR.

>> HE HAD GREAT ODDS AGAINST HIM

AS FAR AS NUMBER OF FORCES AND

HE LED IN ONE BATTLE AFTER

ANOTHER FROM PALO ALTO TO

MONTERREY AND HUGE VICTORY OF

BENO VISTA.

>> BECAUSE HIS TIME IN THE SOUTH

WOULD BE MEASURED IN YEARS,

TAYLOR AND WIFE BOUGHT A HOME I

LOUISIANA.

>> HE LIVES MOST HIS LIFE AT

HOME BASE, WHEN HE'S NOT SERVIN

OFF MILITARY POSTS, IN

LOUISIANA, AND HE HAS A FARM AN

PLANTATION DOWN THERE AND HE

HIMSELF IS A SLAVE HOLDER.

>> BUT ALL THE WHILE, ZACHARY

TAYLOR REMAINED A KENTUCKIAN,

OFTEN RETURNING TO THE HOME

WHERE HIS CHILDREN WERE BORN.

ONE DAUGHTER WOULD MARRY A

FUTURE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

STATES, THE CONFEDERATE UNITED

STATES.

>> SARAH KNOX TAYLOR MARRIED

JEFFERSON DAVIS WHO, OF COURSE,

SERVED UNDER ZACHARY TAYLOR IN

THE BLACKHAWK WAR, WAS ONE OF

HIS OFFICERS.

>> TAYLOR DISAPPROVED OF THE

MARRIAGE, NOT WANTING HIS

DAUGHTER TO LIVE THE TOUGH

MILITARY LIFE HIS MARGARET HAD

ENDURED.

JEFFERSON DAVIS WOULD ACTUALLY

RESIGN HIS COMMISSION TO GAIN

SARAH'S HAND IN MARRIAGE.

SADLY, JUST THREE MONTHS AFTER

THE WEDDING, SARAH DIED OF

MALARIA ON THE WAY TO THE DAVIS

HOME.

>> AFTER SHE DIED, THERE WAS A

POINT WHERE TAYLOR AND JEFFERSO

DAVIS ENDED UP AT THE SAME

PLACE, AND TAYLOR CAME UP AND

PUT HIS ARM AROUND JEFFERSON

DAVIS AND SAID, MY DAUGHTER WAS

A BETTER JUDGE OF CHARACTER THA

I WAS.

>> TAYLOR'S POPULARITY AS A

MILITARY HERO AND HIS HISTORY

WITH SLAVERY DREW THE ATTENTION

OF THE SOUTHERN WIG PARTY.

THEIR AGENDA WAS TO EXTENT

SLAVERY INTO NEW STATES BEING

ADMITTED TO THE UNION AND IN

1848 CHOSE TAYLOR AS THEIR

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO CARRY

THE BANNER.

HIS POPULARITY CARRIED HIM TO

VICTORY.

BUT AS PRESIDENT, TAYLOR LED HI

ADMINISTRATION TO DO JUST THE

OPPOSITE OF HIS PARTY'S WISHES.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THREW

HIS SOUTHERN SUPPORTERS IS, UPO

HIS ELECTION TO PRESIDENT, HE

ACTUALLY PROPOSES THAT

CALIFORNIA AND NEW MEXICO COME

IN AS FREE STATES AND THIS, OF

COURSE, WAS A SHOCKER TO THEM,

BECAUSE THEY SAID, HERE'S A

SLAVE HOLDER, HERE'S A

SOUTHERNER, HE'LL BACK US.

>> PANAMAANIMOSITY GREW BETWEEN

AND THE SOUTH AND THE COUNTRY

WAS ON THE VERBAL OF WAR.

SOUTH CAROLINA, AS IT WOULD DO

TEN YEARS LATER, THREATENED TO

SUSSECEDE.

>> HE SAID, WE'LL MARCH DOWN

WITH AN ARMY AND STOP YOU

BECAUSE YOU CANNOT SECEDE, THIS

IS THE UNITED STATES.

YOU CAN'T JUST DECIDE YOU'RE

GOING TO LEAVE IT BECAUSE THING

AREN'T GOING YOUR WAY.

>> BUT THIS FIGHT WOULD SUDDENLY

END JULY 4, 1850.

ON A HOT DAY AFTER LAYING THE

CORNERSTONE FOR THE NEW

WASHINGTON MONUMENT, TAYLOR SAT

DOWN TO COOL OFF WITH A

SEEMINGLY INNOCENT BOWL OF

CHERRIES AND A PITCHER OF MILK.

FIVE DAYS LATER, ZACHARY TAILOR

WOULD DIE.

>> HE DIED OF WHAT WAS CALLED

CHOLERA MORBIS WHICH WAS REALLY

A SEVERE ATTACK OF

GASTROENTERITIS.

HE MAY HAVE ACTUALLY RECOVERED,

BUT THE MEDICAL THEORIES AND

PRACTICES OF THE DAY PRETTY MUC

ASSURED HIS DEATH, BECAUSE THEY

BLED HIM, PURGED HIM, BLISTERED

HIM AND OVER THE COURSE OF

SEVERAL DAYS AFTER HE INITIALLY

TOOK SICK, IT SO WEAKENED HIM I

ESSENTIALLY HELPED KILL HIM.

>> HE WAS BURIED IN KENTUCKY IN

THE FAMILY CEMETERY JUST

300 YARDS FROM HIS HOME OF

SPRINGFIELD.

CONSPIRACY THEORIES AROSE

SUGGESTING HE WAS ACTUALLY

POISONED, MAKING HIM OUR FIRST

ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT.

IN 1991, TAYLOR'S BODY WAS

EXHUMED AND AN AUTOPSY FOR

ARSENIC PERFORMED.

THE TEST PROVED NEGATIVE, AND

TAYLOR WAS LAID BACK TO REST.

AFTER SUCH A SHORT PRESIDENCY,

MOST KENTUCKIANS WOULD FORGET

THAT ZACHARY TAYLOR CONSIDERED

THIS HIS HOME.

>> THIS WAS HOME.

THIS WAS HOME.

KENTUCKY WAS HOME, AS SEEN BY

THE FACT THAT THIS IS WHERE HE'

BURIED.

THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE

LOCAL PAPER YEARS AGO THAT WAS

TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT

LOUISVILLE ISN'T, AND THEY SAID

FOR INSTANCE, LOUISVILLE IS NOT

THE HOME OF A PRESIDENT.

WELL, YES, IT IS.

>> SHORTLY AFTER WORLD WAR I,

THE UNITED STATES ACQUIRED THE

LAND AROUND HIS GRAVE, CREATING

THE ZACHARY TAYLOR NATIONAL

CEMETERY.

IT IS HOME TO VETERANS FROM

EVERY AMERICAN WAR, INCLUDING

TAYLOR'S FATHER, WHO SERVED IN

THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, AND IT I

STILL HOME TO THE ONLY UNITED

STATES PRESIDENT BURIED IN

KENTUCKY.

>> TAYLOR NEVER VOTED IN A

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BEFORE HI

OWN.

AS A CAREER MILITARY MAN, HE

SAID HE DIDN'T WANT TO VOTE

AGAINST A POTENTIAL

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

OUR AWARD WINNING KET

DOCUMENTARY "LINCOLN, I, TOO, A

A KENTUCKIAN," EXAMINED HOW

LINCOLN'S TIES TO KENTUCKY

INFLUENCED HIS POLITICAL LIFE

AND DECISIONS.

LINCOLN'S LEGACY DEFIANCE

AMERICA.

HODGENVILLE IS TONIGHT'S OUR

TOWN.

>> ABE LINCOLN WAS ACTUALLY BORN

HERE, NOT IN NORTH CAROLINA OR

ILLINOIS OR ANY OTHER PLACE YOU

MIGHT COME TO THINK OF, BUT

ACTUALLY BORN HERE IN

HODGENVILLE, KENTUCKY.

WE HAVE ANYWHERE FROM A QUARTER

MILLION TO TO HALF A MILLION

VISITORS A YEAR.

LINCOLN IS ONE OF THE MOST

POPULAR BUSINESS NAMES ANYWHERE

IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE IT

IMPLIES HONESTY, INTEGRITY,

FORTHRIGHTNESS, ET CETERA.

HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE HAVE

ABOUT 42 BUSINESSES AND

ORGANIZATIONS IN THE AREA THAT

CARRIED THE LINCOLN NAME.

WE ALSO MAKE USE OF HIS NAME AN

HIS REPUTATION.

HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE TRY T

HAVE A LITTLE FUN, NOT ALL

SERIOUSNESS WITH MR. LINCOLN,

AND EVENT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

THAT DO PROMOTE THE HISTORY AND

THE HERITAGE AND, YET, AT THE

SAME TIME, OFFER THE LOCAL FOLK

AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A LITTLE

FUN.

ONE OF THE MOST OUTSTANDING

THINGS ABOUT HODGENVILLE IS THE

SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE

HERE, PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE CARE

VERY MUCH ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBOR,

THEY'RE VERY INVOLVED IN WHAT'S

GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY.

TAKE A GREAT PRIDE IN THEIR

COMMUNITY.

I THINK THAT SENSE OF PRIDE AND

COMMUNITY IS SOMETHING THAT

MR. LINCOLN WOULD TRULY

APPRECIATE.

>> WELL, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO

RETURN HOME AND IT'S BEEN STATE

YOU CAN NEVER GO HOME, BUT I

BELIEVE YOU CAN.

I COME BACK HERE TO HODGENVILLE

AND I'M IMPRESSED WITH THIS

MONUMENT OUT FRONT HERE, THIS

PRESIDENT OF LOOK AT OVER IT,

LOOKING AT THE LINCOLN BANK,

ESPECIALLY, AND THE BIRTH PLACE

AT HODGENVILLE AND ALL THESE

BUSINESSES NAMES WITH LINCOLN I

REALLY IMPRESSIVE.

WHEN WE COME HERE, MY WIFE

USUALLY COMES WITH ME AND ONE O

THE FIRST PLACE WES COME TO IS

ALWAYS THE MUSEUM AND LIKE TO G

TO PAULA'S HOT BISCUIT, IT'S A

VERY GOOD PLACE TO EAT.

GO THERE AND EAT, AND ACROSS TH

SQUARE, THE HALL'S PLACE, THEY

HAVE GOOD FOOD AS WELL.

I TRY TO EAT AS MUCH FOOD AS I

CAN WHEN WE COME HERE.

WE HAVE SO MANY GOOD FRIENDS.

WE CAME FOR THE DEDICATION OF

THE MUSEUM.

SEVERAL LINCOLN LOOK-ALIKES COM

TO HELP DEDICATE THE MUSEUM.

IT SEEMS THAT THE YEARS HAVE

FLOWN BY.

BUT EACH TIME WE COME TO

HODGENVILLE, WE MAKE NEW

FRIENDS.

VERY GOOD PEOPLE HERE IN

HODGENVILLE.

>> HODGENVILLE IS A GOOD PLACE

TO BEGIN YOUR TRIP TO THE MORE

THAN 20 SITES ALONG KENTUCKY'S

LINCOLN HERITAGE TRAIL.

SO WHO WAS THE KENTUCKY-BORN

STATESMAN WHO WENT ON TO BECOME

A PRESIDENT AND LEAD HIS

COUNTRYMEN IN THE CIVIL WAR?

WELL, IF YOU ANSWERED LINCOLN,

YOU WOULD BE HALF RIGHT.

THE NATION'S OTHER CIVIL WAR

PRESIDENT WAS BORN EIGHT MONTHS

EARLIER THAN LINCOLN AND JUST

100 MILES AWAY.

SITUATED IN THE ROLLING

COUNTRYSIDE OF TODD COUNTY

STANDS THE 351-FOOT OBELISK

MEMORIAL TO KENTUCKY-BORN

JEFFERSON DAVIS, AN INDELIBLE

REMINDER OF THE LARGER THAN

LIFE, CONTROVERSIAL, FIRST AND

ONLY PRESIDENT OF THE

CONFEDERACY.

IT'S HARD TO TELL THE STORY OF

DAVIS WITHOUT INCLUDING

COMPARISONS TO HIS FELLOW

KENTUCKIAN ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

>> HERE'S LINCOLN AND DAVIS BOTH

BORN IN A LOG CAB BIN, BORN

WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS, 80 MILES O

EACH OTHER.

NOT TOO FAR SEPARATED IN

BACKGROUND AND FAMILIES.

ONE GOES NORTH, ONE SOUTH.

OVER THE COURSE OF HISTORY, TWO

REVERSE DIRECTIONS.

HOW MUCH IS A PERSON A PRODUCT

OF ENVIRONMENT AND HEARTEDTY.

HEARTED --

HEREDITY.

BUT THEY GO NORTH AND SOUTH AND

BECOME THE LEADERS OF TWO

CAUSES, ONE WHO WANTS A UNITED

NATION, ONE A NEW NATION.

THEY COME OUT OF SAME

BACKGROUNDS AND ORIGINS BUT

EMERGE VERY DIFFERENT MEN AS A

RESULT.

>> ALTHOUGH DAVIS' FAMILY MOVES

SOUTH WHEN HE WAS TWO YEARS OLD

KENTUCKY WOULD PLAY A PROMINENT

ROLE IN DAVIS' EARLY EDUCATION.

>> DAVIS AT FIRST GLANCE HAS FEW

TIES TO KENTUCKY, LEAVES HERE A

A BOY AT TWO YEARS OLD, SO

WASN'T INCLUNESSED BY KENTUCKY

THAN LINCOLN IN ONE SENSE, BUT