BOURBON, Horses & History Bourbon, Horses & History This region known for bourbon, horses and “My Old Kentucky Home” is also the birthplace of one of America’s greatest presidents. Bourbon distillery BARRELS OF TRADITION Bourbon, bourbon everywhere – and so many sips to sample. Here, in the “Bourbon Capital of the World” (Bardstown), “Bourbon City” (Louisville) and along the famed “Kentucky Bourbon Trail”® are some of the most revered names in spirits – Evan Williams, Jim Beam, Maker’s Mark, Old Forester. “MY OLD KENTUCKY HOME” When America’s rst composer, Stephen Foster, penned the lyric, “The sun shines bright in the old Kentucky home,” he spun a story that continues to captivate visitors through original 200-year-old artifacts and events like “A House Divided” and “Bizarre Victorian Mourning & Funerary Customs.” Beyond bourbon, more major-league attractions await, like the Kentucky Derby, Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and the “American Saddlebred Capital of the World” in Shelbyville, as well as train excursions, Civil War sites and the numerous religious attractions of Kentucky’s Holy Land. Others added their own voices to Kentucky’s rich tapestry of history – Abraham Lincoln, Muhammad Ali, George Rogers Clark, Thomas Edison (albeit brie y), even the Belle of Louisville, grand dame of steamboats. Experience these history makers and their impacts at museums, heritage sites, outdoor theater and on the river. 114 1-800-225-8747
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