Cemeteries

Juneteenth at African Cemetery No. 2, Lexington, Kentucky

June 19, 2020

There will be a Juneteenth celebration tonight, June 19, 2020, in Lexington, Kentucky, at African Cemetery No. 2. Juneteenth traces its origins back to Galveston, Texas where on June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in the city with news that the Civil War had ended and enslaved persons were now free. The Emancipation Proclamation had (read more)

Categories: African American History, Cemeteries, Fayette County

Tags: African Cemetery No. 2, Juneteenth, Lexington Kentucky Juneteenth, Yvonne Giles

Flowers for Decoration Day

May 30, 2017

There is a very short and magical period in the Bluegrass where, if you are a gardener, all is right with the world. For me, that time is right now. The aching heat of summer has not yet engulfed us; the frenetic activity associated with the vegetable garden has not yet begun; the nights are (read more)

Categories: Cemeteries, Gardens, Kentucky agriculture, Kentucky Gardens, Kentucky history, Montgomery County, Oral History

Tags: Anne Kenney Prewitt, Blue Grass Seed farming, Decoration Day, Kentucky gardens, Machpelah Cemetery, Memorial Day, World War I

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