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“Be joyful because it is humanly possible.” Wendell Berry
August 28, 1891, Scott County lynched Frank Dudley, a black male, for murder.
August 28, 1925, Ray Ross hung from a scaffold in the jail yard on East Short Street in Lexington. Ross was a 25-year-old black male who supposedly attacked and raped a 9-year-old black female. The Fayette Circuit Court Judge ordered the hanging to occur in an enclosure and limited admittance to 100 persons. However, the local press said a huge crowd gathered and cheered loudly while watching the execution.
The Squire’ Sketches of Lexington by J. Winston Coleman, Jr.; pg: 83
August 28, 1966, Marine Corps CPL William R. Taylor from Bardstown died in the Vietnam War.
August 28, 1968, Army PFC Jimmy L. Harris from Louisville died in the Vietnam War.