A state that is one of the only four "commonwealths" in the United States. It was the first western state, being settled in the 1770s, and becoming a state in 1792. It currently has the Nation's 16th largest city: Louisville, with around 690,000 people. The Commonwealth is famous for it's bourbon, coal mining, beautiful thoroughbred horses, pretty girls, rich Civil War and frontiers history, The Hatfield-McCoy Feud, Barbecue (in Owensboro), Corvettes, Bluegrass music, some of the country's finest soldiers ever produced, and it's major role in the Underground Railroad.
Following the end of the Civil War, Kentucky began to be corrupted by a handful of pro-Southern Confederate soldiers who returned to Kentucky and somehow got control of the state legislature, the courts, etc. These ex-Confederate Rebel "leaders" manipulated a large portion of the more than one million residents of the Commonwealth into thinking like them, getting involved in their culture, and everything else representative of exclusively The South. These are the same people (Confederates) who led destructive raids through the state that resulted in the destruction of rail lines and bridges, burning and plundering of private property, businesses, barns, etc., and sometimes even the harrassment of the local citizenry. Not to mention that the Southerners and pro-Southern Kentuckians were the ones who started the War in the Bluegrass by first treading upon neutral (and mainly Unionist) soil, and threatening the safety and lives of Kentuckian families.
Following the end of the Civil War, Kentucky began to be corrupted by a handful of pro-Southern Confederate soldiers who returned to Kentucky and somehow got control of the state legislature, the courts, etc. These ex-Confederate Rebel "leaders" manipulated a large portion of the more than one million residents of the Commonwealth into thinking like them, getting involved in their culture, and everything else representative of exclusively The South. These are the same people (Confederates) who led destructive raids through the state that resulted in the destruction of rail lines and bridges, burning and plundering of private property, businesses, barns, etc., and sometimes even the harrassment of the local citizenry. Not to mention that the Southerners and pro-Southern Kentuckians were the ones who started the War in the Bluegrass by first treading upon neutral (and mainly Unionist) soil, and threatening the safety and lives of Kentuckian families.
Yes, harassment of citizens and destruction of property occurred in the Southern states (doesn't include Kentucky), but the difference was that these were Southern, Confederate states, and the majority of the citizens there were against the Union and the North. Kentucky was not like this, so it was rather unethical and wrong for that political and cultural shift to happen.
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The southernmost state in The North or Midwest. It is both a state AND a commonwealth. The Bluegrass State (nickname) is slandered and bashed by cynical, judgemental, and ignorant types such as Disabled Dan. What a compassionate, loving human being he really is.
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Kentucky (KY) is a quaint little state which has only 8 electoral votes, its largest cities being Louisville and Lexington. It is a state chock full of Christian rednecks, but like all places, it has its good people and its bad people ... I just happen to live with most of the bad people...
Kentucky (KY) is a quaint little state which has only 8 electoral votes, its largest cities being Louisville and Lexington. It is a state chock full of Christian rednecks, but like all places, it has its good people and its bad people ... I just happen to live with most of the bad people...
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Kentucky is a state with a lot of Southern flavor and culture. However, there is also quite a bit of Northern/Midwestern influence and transplanted culture as well. It is also one out of four "Commonwealths". Overall, Kentucky is a midwestern state with mixtures of North and South, consisting of a very rich history and strong agriculture, growing products like tobacco, corn, soybeans, and green beans, raising the world's finest horses, and brewing the most bourbon in the entire Nation.
Kentucky is a state with a lot of Southern flavor and culture. However, there is also quite a bit of Northern/Midwestern influence and transplanted culture as well. It is also one out of four "Commonwealths". Overall, Kentucky is a midwestern state with mixtures of North and South, consisting of a very rich history and strong agriculture, growing products like tobacco, corn, soybeans, and green beans, raising the world's finest horses, and brewing the most bourbon in the entire Nation.
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