Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
July 2, 1819, President James Monroe, accompanied by General Andrew Jackson, arrived in Lexington while touring the country. During a four-day stay, he spoke at Transylvania and was given a large banquet at Mrs. Keen’s Postlethwait’s Tavern, where Governor Isaac Shelby and other dignitaries entertained him.
Lost by Lexington, Kentucky by Peter Brackney, pg: 44
Localtonians wish a Happy Birthday to Lexington native Sweet Evening Breeze, born in 1892.
July 2, 1951, Air Force 1stLT Eugene L. Ruiz from Louisville died from in the Korean War.
July 2, 1952, Army PVT Granville Johnson from Whitley County died in the Korean War.
July 2, 1969, Army SGT Jim Allen Wray from Coxs Creek in Nelson County died in the Vietnam War.
July 2, 2019, a Jim Beam warehouse in Woodford County went up in flames.
Kentucky Trivia: Jim Beam is the No. 1 seller overall by volume in the world.