Henry Clay Center hopes to expand its reach, encouraging civil debate and...
The tone of American political discourse has been a little less nasty since a federal judge and five other people were shot and killed earlier this month during an assassination attempt on an Arizona...
View ArticleCutting spending shouldn’t shortchange investment
As I was watching President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech on TV Tuesday night, I got a text message on my cell phone from Mayor Jim Gray: “Geez I think the prez is gonna start talking abt...
View ArticleA short walk shows Lexington’s Civil War divisions
I first became fascinated with Civil War history as a boy in the 1960s, soon after the centennial celebration. Many of the books I found in the Lexington Public Library — then located in the...
View ArticleAshland marks 150th anniversary of Lexington’s odd Civil War battle
Lexington played a central role in the lives of leaders on both sides of the Civil War. Union and Confederate troops each occupied the city. Yet, there was only one significant military engagement...
View Article‘Diggers’ help discover real site of Ashland’s Civil War skirmish
“Ringy” Tim Saylor, left, and “King” George Wyant, right, hosts of the National Geographic Channel show Diggers, used metal detectors to search for artifacts at Ashland, The Henry Clay Estate. Photo...
View ArticleCelebrate 250th birthday of architect who shaped early Kentucky
The main parlor rooms of Pope Villa, which has been owned by the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation since a 1987 fire. Benjamin Latrobe designed the house for U.S. Sen. John Pope. It was...
View ArticleAshland estate marks War of 1812 with artifacts, re-enactors
If you hear cannon and musket fire near downtown Saturday, don’t be alarmed. The colorfully costumed soldiers and Native Americans aren’t invading Lexington; they’re just performing for Living History...
View ArticleThe fascinating story of Henry Clay’s ‘mad artist’ younger brother
Porter Clay is thought to have made this games table in his Lexington shop in the early 1800s. Henry Clay’s younger brother made excellent furniture, and charged high prices for it. Photo by Bill...
View ArticleAshland event showcases little-known fact: 150 years ago, Henry Clay’s farm...
The Mechanical Building at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentucky was located on the Ashland farm, about where Fincastle and Sycamore roads are now. The building was demolished for their...
View ArticleKentucky’s ‘paradise lost’ estate for sale for first time in 131 years.
David Meade built the octagonal parlor at right at Chaumiere des Prairies about 1823. The rest of his house was a collection of log cabins, now long gone. The Greek Revival house now to the parlor’s...
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