February 25, 2025
Kentucky beats Tennessee in Knoxville, 1984
Kentucky running back George Adams (33) broke through the line in UKÕs last win over Tennessee, Nov. 24, 1984 in Knoxville. The Wildcats prevailed 17-12. Adams, the tailback from Lexington rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns. Kentucky finished their season under coach Jerry Claiborne 9 and 3 and beat Wisconson in the Hall of Fame Bowl in Birmingham 20-19. Photo by Tom Woods | Staff
Veterans Day parade, 1956
The Douglass High School Band, one of four bands in Lexington’s 1956 Veterans Day parade, marched down Main Street on Nov. 12. Published in the Lexington Herald. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Post-election campaign sign cleanup, 1990
On the day after the 1990 general election, Nov. 7, Darrell Lear threw a campaign yard sign in the back of a truck on McDowell Road. He was cleaning up the estimated 700 yard signs throughout Bill Lear’s legislative district. Bill Lear, the state representative from the 79th District, defeated Ken Kearns to retain his seat in the state legislature. Lear served in the Kentucky General Assembly from 1985 to 1994. Photo by Charles Bertram | Staff
Kentucky state Rep. Greg Stumbo, 1988
State representative Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, answered questions about the state lottery bill he sponsored before the Senate State Government Committee on Dec. 12, 1988. Stumbo, the House speaker, was defeated Tuesday in his bid for re-election by Republican Larry D. Brown, also of Prestonsburg. Stumbo had served in the House since 1980, except for a stint as attorney general from 2004 through 2007, and has been House speaker since 2009. Photo by Ron Garrison | Staff
Election day in Lee County, 1984
Election official Faye Wilson, left in doorway, talked with Brenda Spencer in the Ivy Patch precinct No. 6 in Lee County on Nov. 6, 1984. Spencer’s husband, Loftis Spencer, left, waited outside. The presidential contest was between incumbent President Ronald Reagan, the Republican candidate, and former Vice President Walter Mondale, the Democratic candidate. Reagan carried 49 of the 50 states, becoming one of only two candidates to do so (the other was Richard Nixon in the 1972 presidential election). Photo by Gary Landers
Dewey campaigns in Lexington, 1948
New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, Republican nominee for president, waved to the crowd after arriving at Union Station in downtown Lexington on October 12, 1948. Dewey, accompanied by his wife, Frances, was on a one-day campaign swing through the state. The governor spoke for approximately 20 minutes to a crowd estimated from 4,500 to 7,500. Dewey was running against incumbent President Harry S. Truman, became president after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945. The election, which Truman won, was considered the greatest election upset in American history. Virtually every prediction indicated that Truman would be defeated by Dewey. Truman received 49.6 percent of the popular vote, while Dewey had 45.1 percent. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Mary Todd Lincoln house, 1946
The childhood home of Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln, at 574 West Main Street in downtown Lexington, as seen in March 1946. Originally built between 1803 and 1806 as an inn, the property became the home of politician and businessman Robert S. Todd in 1832. Mary Todd, born in December 1818, lived there until she moved to Springfield, Il., in 1839 to live with her older sister. There she met and married Abraham Lincoln, whom she brought to visit this home in fall 1847. The Todd family lived there until Robert Todd’s death in an 1849 cholera epidemic. The restored house is now operated by the Kentucky Mansions Preservation Foundation Inc. and was opened to the public on June 9, 1977. The house is the first historic site restored in honor of a first lady. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
Kentucky upsets Georgia, 2006
Kentucky fans carried the goalpost around the field after it was torn down after the Wildcats upset Georgia on Nov. 4, 2006, at Commonwealth Stadium. Kentucky marched on an 11-play, 69-yard drive for a go-ahead touchdown with 1:21 remaining and then got a game-clinching interception from Trevard Lindley to post a historic 24-20 win over the Bulldogs. UK’s first win over Georgia since 1996 sent the Commonwealth Stadium crowd of 62,120 into a postgame goalpost-tearing frenzy. David Perry |Staff
President Clinton campaign rally at UK, 1996
President Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton talked with University of Kentucky basketball coach Rick Pitino and his wife, Joanne, on the speaker’s stage at UK on Nov. 4, 1996. On Election eve, Clinton finished months of campaigning with a high-energy pep rally at UK in front of about 14,000 supporters. Kentucky was one of a handful of states where polls showed Clinton running neck and neck with Republican nominee Bob Dole. Clinton won the election with 49.2 percent of the popular vote nationally to Dole’s 40.7 percent and Ross Perot’s 8.4 percent. Clinton also carried Kentucky. Photo by Frank Anderson | Staff
Art Linkletter visit to Lexington, 1968
Author and TV personality Art Linkletter, center, presented a $250 check to Fred Bryant, right, chairman of the board of Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, on Jan. 15, 168. At left is Lexington businessman William T. Young, chairman of the board of directors of Royal Crown Cola, which sponsored Linkletter’s visit. Linkletter, a member of the board of Royal Crown, was in Lexington for two speaking engagements. Herald-Leader Archive Photo
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