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Celebrate Lexington, Kentucky’s 250th anniversary all year long. Join us for programs, galleries, podcasts, and more highlighting our city’s history, heritage, and legacy.

Walking Tour

Join us for a walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s historic sites. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3, music will play between the stops. You can pause the track while you walk between stops.

This tour covers a walking distance of 1.1 miles.

The music clips used in this tour are from “Walking Barefoot on Grass” by Kai Engel, and are used with a CCBY license. It is available here: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Join us for a walking tour of Downtown Lexington’s historic sites. The full tour is available as a single MP3, or you can download individual tracks. For the single MP3, music will play between the stops.

Creator
Thomas Smith
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The Kentucky Reporter published several Anti-Jackson supplements to the newspaper leading up to the contentious United States Presidential election of 1828. Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were the candidates, and Jackson defeated the incumbant Adams. The election marked the definitive split of the Democratic Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson to the separate Democratic and National Republican parties.

Publisher
Thomas Smith
Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.
Use and reproduction restrictions Though not required, we would greatly appreciate our collection users to credit us as the source. Please use the following statement, "Courtesy of the Lexington Public Library," and provide a link back to the item or collection on our Digital Collections site, www.lexpublib.org/digital-archives. Doing so helps us track how our collections are used and helps justify freely releasing more content in the future. Please contact the library at elibrarian@lexpublib.org for permission questions, collection information, and higher resolution image requests.

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Board Member
Advisory Board

Alex Garcia is originally from Los Angeles, California. He attended the University of Kentucky in 2004 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology in 2008. He then attended the University of Kentucky College of Law and earned his law degree in 2012. After graduating from law school, he began his legal career working at the Fayette Commonwealth’s Attorney Office prosecuting serious felony crimes such as murder, robbery, kidnapping, and assault.

Creator
Thomas Smith
Description

The Kentucky Reporter published several Anti-Jackson supplements to the newspaper leading up to the contentious United States Presidential election of 1828. Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were the candidates, and Jackson defeated the incumbant Adams. The election marked the definitive split of the Democratic Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson to the separate Democratic and National Republican parties.

Publisher
Thomas Smith
Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.
Use and reproduction restrictions Though not required, we would greatly appreciate our collection users to credit us as the source. Please use the following statement, "Courtesy of the Lexington Public Library," and provide a link back to the item or collection on our Digital Collections site, www.lexpublib.org/digital-archives. Doing so helps us track how our collections are used and helps justify freely releasing more content in the future. Please contact the library at elibrarian@lexpublib.org for permission questions, collection information, and higher resolution image requests.

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The Luna Library, a program of Believing in Forever, collects and distributes children's books with an African American history or Black character focus. It is an alternative for African American parents looking for books that provide context and knowledge to understand the stories of the African American experience in this country for their children. Believing in Forever is a champion of diversity and inclusion, and the positive impact books have on children of all races.

Creator
Thomas Smith
Date
Description

The Kentucky Reporter published several Anti-Jackson supplements to the newspaper leading up to the contentious United States Presidential election of 1828. Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were the candidates, and Jackson defeated the incumbant Adams. The election marked the definitive split of the Democratic Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson to the separate Democratic and National Republican parties.

Publisher
Thomas Smith
Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.
Use and reproduction restrictions Though not required, we would greatly appreciate our collection users to credit us as the source. Please use the following statement, "Courtesy of the Lexington Public Library," and provide a link back to the item or collection on our Digital Collections site, www.lexpublib.org/digital-archives. Doing so helps us track how our collections are used and helps justify freely releasing more content in the future. Please contact the library at elibrarian@lexpublib.org for permission questions, collection information, and higher resolution image requests.

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Library News
New Versailles Road Library Branch to be named Marksbury Family Branch

Lexington, Kentucky (March 9, 2022) – Lexington Public Library and Lexington Public Library Foundation are honored to announce that the Marksbury Family Foundation has committed the lead gift for the capital campaign to rebuild the library branch at the corner of Versailles Road and Village Drive.  In recognition of their generosity, the new facility will be named the Marksbury Family Branch when it opens in 2024.

Description

The commencement pamphlet contains event program, the high schools seniors and the grammar school graduates for Fayette County in 1921.

Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.

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The program contains the event program, valedictorian biographical sketch, and the names and photos of the graduating class of Lancaster High School.

Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.

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Creator
Jacobs, Fern
Description

The program contains the event speakers, and the 1945 graduating class photos and directory from Lafayette High School.

Publisher
Lexington Business Forms
Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.

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Creator
duPont Manual High School
Description

The program for the 10 year reunion lists the event program, class officers, in memoriam, class graduates and their occupations, and local ads.

Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.

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Digital Archives - Collection - Group
Kentucky Images

The Kentucky Images collection contains postcards, photographs and slides of people, architecture, and locations in Kentucky and Appalachia.

 

The William Stamps Farish, III Theater at the Central Library is available to the community for lectures, live music, community forums, film festivals, small theatrical productions, dance performances, literary readings, debates, and other creative uses.

Read the latest news from Lexington Public Library.

Library News
Grand Opening set for Saturday, March 9

Lexington, Kentucky (January 17, 2024) – Lexington Public Library is proud to announce the Grand Opening of the Marksbury Family Branch of the Lexington Public Library.

Festivities include a Media Day event on Friday, March 8 from 8:30-10am and a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, March 9 (more details coming soon). The current Village Branch will remain open through 6pm on Friday, February 23.

Creator
Thomas Smith
Date
Description

The Kentucky Reporter published several Anti-Jackson supplements to the newspaper leading up to the contentious United States Presidential election of 1828. Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were the candidates, and Jackson defeated the incumbant Adams. The election marked the definitive split of the Democratic Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson to the separate Democratic and National Republican parties.

Publisher
Thomas Smith
Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.
Use and reproduction restrictions Though not required, we would greatly appreciate our collection users to credit us as the source. Please use the following statement, "Courtesy of the Lexington Public Library," and provide a link back to the item or collection on our Digital Collections site, www.lexpublib.org/digital-archives. Doing so helps us track how our collections are used and helps justify freely releasing more content in the future. Please contact the library at elibrarian@lexpublib.org for permission questions, collection information, and higher resolution image requests.

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Creator
Thomas Smith
Date
Description

The Kentucky Reporter published several Anti-Jackson supplements to the newspaper leading up to the contentious United States Presidential election of 1828. Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were the candidates, and Jackson defeated the incumbant Adams. The election marked the definitive split of the Democratic Republican Party of Thomas Jefferson to the separate Democratic and National Republican parties.

Publisher
Thomas Smith
Rights

The Lexington Public Library believes this item is in the public domain and has no known US Copyright restrictions; however, it may be subject to rights of privacy, publicity, or other restrictions.
Use and reproduction restrictions Though not required, we would greatly appreciate our collection users to credit us as the source. Please use the following statement, "Courtesy of the Lexington Public Library," and provide a link back to the item or collection on our Digital Collections site, www.lexpublib.org/digital-archives. Doing so helps us track how our collections are used and helps justify freely releasing more content in the future. Please contact the library at elibrarian@lexpublib.org for permission questions, collection information, and higher resolution image requests.

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