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White Hall State Historic Site is a 14-acre (5.7 ha) park in Richmond, Kentucky, southeast of Lexington.White Hall was home to two legendary Kentucky statesmen: General Green Clay and his son General Cassius Marcellus Clay, as well as suffragists Mary Barr Clay and Laura Clay.
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Richmond is a home rule-class city in Madison County, Kentucky, United States. [4] The population was 34,585 as of the 2020 census, making it the state's seventh-largest city . It is the principal city of the Richmond–Berea micropolitan area , which includes all of Madison and Rockcastle counties and had 123,000 residents in 2020.
Slave cabins in the Bluegrass (Coleman Collection, published by William H. Townsend, 1955) Mason County, Kentucky, slave pen now at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. The history of slavery in Kentucky dates from the earliest permanent European settlements in the state, until the end of the Civil War.
The center offers insight into the struggle for freedom in the past, in the present, and for the future, as it attempts to challenge visitors to contemplate the meaning of freedom in their own lives. Its location recognizes the significant role of Cincinnati in the history of the Underground Railroad, as thousands of slaves escaped to freedom ...
Breathitt Day Treatment Center, Breathitt County, Breathitt; Christian County Day Treatment Center, Christian County, Hopkinsville; Hardin County Day Treatment Center, Hardin County, Elizabethtown; Louisville Day Treatment Center, Jefferson County, Louisville; Owensboro Day Treatment Center, Daviess County, Owensboro; source: [7] [8]
In 2004, the center announced that groundbreaking for the center would occur in 2005 with doors to open in 2007. [6] After some delays, the First Freedom Center opened in January 2015 with a commemoration featuring Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones. [7] The FFC was taken over by The Valentine in July 2015.
In January 2002, the Guest Choice Network became the Center for Consumer Freedom, a change of name the group said reflected that "the anti-consumer forces [were] expanding their reach beyond restaurants and taverns [and] going into your communities and even your homes." [11] In 2013, CCF became the Center for Organizational Research and Education.