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Posts From: July 2020
A Very Lexington Wedding Weekend: A Sample Itinerary for Your Out-of-Town Guests
Your wedding is just a few hours--what are your guests going to do the rest of the weekend? Keep…
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How to Plan the Perfect Keeneland Wedding
It’s hard to find a more iconic, more Lexington place to get married than Keeneland. Lexington’s…
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10 Must-Haves for the Most Lexington Wedding Ever
So you’re getting married here in the Bluegrass. Congratulations! Are you bound and determined to…
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Alfred Russell- From Slavery to Liberation
Sign # 10 535 W. Second Street Alfred Francis Russell (1817 - 1884) was the 10th President of…
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Charlotte Dupuy- Suing for Freedom
Sign #9 175 N. Mill Street Charlotte “Lottie” Dupuy was born in 1787 in Cambridge, Maryland, to…
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Slave Trade- Slavery and Slave Trade in Lexington
Sign #7 102 W. Short Street Over the centuries, Lexington has been a political, social, and economic…
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Churches- Spiritual and Social Places
Sign #6 266 E. Short Street Churches have profoundly shaped the African-American experience in…
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The Jacksons - Community Leaders
Sign #5 150 N. Limestone Street Jordan Carlisle Jackson Jr. (1848-1918) and Eliza “Belle” Mitchell…
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Women of the Movement - Voices in the Black Freedom Struggle
Sign #4 100 E. Main Street Peaceful defiance by tireless women led the fight for racial equality in…
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Lunch Counter Sit-ins - Peaceful Demonstrations
Sign #3 250 W. Main Street Before the famous Greensboro sit-ins, Lexington staged their own starting…
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Free Black Entrepreneurs - A Neighborhood for Free Black Entrepreneurs
Sign #2 275 S. Limestone Street Lexington’s free black community was filled with driven individuals…
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