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April 11, 1775, James McAfee returned to their claims near Harrodsburg. Alarmed, however, by threats, they again left for Virginia forever.
The story of Kentucky by Cherry and Stickles pg: 44
Localtonians wishes a Happy Anniversary to Henry Clay (22), who wed Lucretia Hart (18) in Lexington at 193 North Mill Street in 1799, in Lucretia’s father’s house. They had 11 children, five sons, and six daughters, seven of who reached adulthood. Lucretia tolerated her husband’s periodic gambling and drinking bouts. An acquaintance once asked if she minded her husband’s chronic gambling. “Doesn’t it distress you,” sniffed a Boston matron, “to have Mr. Clay gamble?” Lucretia looked surprised at the question. “Oh! Dear, no,” she replied very innocently, “he most always wins.”
Henry Clay: Statesman for the Union By Robert Vincent Remini; pg: 30
April 11, 1969, Marine Corps PVT Richard D. Ausbrooks from Bowling Green died in the Vietnam War.
April 11, 2015 Keeneland’s GIII $250,000 Lexington Stakes is won by a Kentucky bred.