Kentucky university song Videos

"My Old Kentucky Home": The reference to "darkies" has been tastefully and thankfully removed, according to the 1986 alteration. The word "gay" remains, retaining its original pre-civil-war (1852?) meaning. It irks me that people consider Kentucky as having been part of the Confederate States of America; Kentucky did not secede from the Union since its establishment as a State in 1792. "My Old Kentucky Home" was considered an anti-slavery song. Frederick Douglass thought the song stimulated "the sympathies for the slave, in which anti-slavery principles and flourish." Also, when I was young, the state seal depicting the statesman and the frontiersman, as I remember, included the frontiersman holding a long rifle, which has probably been suppressed for reasons of "political correctness" (as opposed to practicality, since a frontiersman would almost always be armed). The joke now is that the Kentucky State Seal represents two lawyers making a plea bargain.

I'm sorry, why do we have to be a "state"? We have always been a Commonwealth!

Capital City: Frankfort Admission to Statehood: June 1, 1792 Bird: Cardinal Constitution: 15th State Economy: Agriculture: Horses, cattle, tobacco, dairy products, hogs, soybeans, corn. Industry: Transportation equipment, chemical products, electric equipment, machinery, food processing, tobacco products, coal, tourism. The Flag. Placed on a navy blue field is the seal and words "Commonwealth of Kentucky". The two friends shaking hands, a pioneer and a statesman, represent all the people. They are acting out the meaning of Kentucky's motto: "United We Stand; Divided We Fall". Sprays of the state flower {goldenrod} extend in a half circle around the picture. Flag adopted 1918 amended in 1928 & 1962 The Kentucky Derby is a Grade stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter miles at Churchill Downs. State Horse-Thoroughbred Flower: Goldenrod Solidago altissima Highest Point: Black Mountain; 4,145 feet, 27th Lowest Point: Mississippi River; 257 feet, 32nd Largest Cities: Louisville Motto: United we stand, divided we fall Nickname: Bluegrass State Origin of state's name: Based on the Iroquois Indian word "Ken-tah-ten," meaning "land of tomorrow" Presidental Birthplace: Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 {16th} Born: February 12, 1809, in Hardin (now Larue) County, Kentucky Song: My Old Kentucky Home Major Rivers - Ohio River, Mississippi River, Cumberland River, Kentucky River, Green River. Number of Counties - 120 State Slogan - "Unbridled Spirit" Colleges Kentucky Wildcats - Lexington Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers - Owensboro Murray State Racers - Murray Western Kentucky Hilltoppers - Bowling Green The Kentucky Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals, athletic programs for the most prominent universities in Kentucky, are sport rivals. The teams first played each other in 1912 (football) and 1913 (basketball). The yearly men's basketball game is called the Battle for the Bluegrass and the yearly football game is played for the Governor's Cup trophy. Many of the schools' other sports teams also play annually despite the fact that the teams are not in the same conference.

I NEED TO SAY THIS IN CAPS: KENTUCKY IS NOT A COUNTRY IT IS A STATE WHEN THEY SAID THE WORD "COUNTRY" THERE SAYING IT IS NOT A CITY ITS A COUNTRY BECAUSE, LETS SAY YOU LIVE ON A FARM IN THE COUNTRY BUT NOT IN THE CITY, THAT IS WHAT THEY MEAN!!! Jesus you guys should be able to figure that out!!!!!!!!!!!

Kentucky is her own country!

Dear Kentucky, You are a state, not a country. Sincerely, The North