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"The Hunters of Kentucky", also called "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Half Horse and Half Alligator", is a song written to commemorate Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans. In 1824 and 1828, he used it as his presidential campaign song. [1] [2] [3]
Hippalectryon – A creature with the front half of a horse and the rear half has a rooster's wings, tail, and legs. Hippocampus (or Hippocamp) – A Greek mythological creature that is half-horse half-fish. Hippogriff – A creature with the front quarters of an eagle and hind quarters of a horse. Jengu – A water spirit with the tail of a fish.
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The Greek word kentauros is generally regarded as being of obscure origin. [4] The etymology from ken + tauros, 'piercing bull', was a euhemerist suggestion in Palaephatus' rationalizing text on Greek mythology, On Incredible Tales (Περὶ ἀπίστων), which included mounted archers from a village called Nephele eliminating a herd of bulls that were the scourge of Ixion's kingdom. [5]
Not funny! I was greatly offended by the Saturday Night Live skit which aired on Oct. 29, 2022 depicting “Lexington Baptist Church” in Lexington, Kentucky. While I am not a Baptist (I am in ...
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St. Stephen's is the oldest church community within the town of Lexington having been founded there in 1830. [4] The congregation's current place of worship is the fourth incarnation of the church, having been reconstructed 3 times throughout the church's history.
The memorial was one of 60 different Civil War properties in Kentucky placed on the National Register of Historic Places on the same day, July 17, 1997. Three other properties listed that day are also located in Lexington: the John C. Breckinridge Memorial, which is on the other side of the same block as the Morgan Memorial, and the Confederate Soldier Monument in Lexington and the Ladies ...