Louisville Colonels
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The Louisville Colonels were a Major League Baseball team that played in the American Association throughout that league's ten-year existence from 1882 until 1891. They were known as the Louisville Ec
1882 Louisville Eclipse
Kentucky Colonel
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Kentucky Colonel is the highest title of honor bestowed by the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the best-known colonelcy in the United States. A Kentucky Colonel Commission, the certificate, is awarded i
Louisville Colonels
…as the Louisville Eclipse from 1882 to 1884, and as the Louisville Colonels from 1885 to 1891; the latter name derived from the historic title of the Kentucky Colonel. After the AA folded in 1891, the Colonels joined the National League and played through the 1899 season. "Colonels" was also the name of several minor…
A portrait of Daniel Boone, one of the first Kentucky colonels, painted by Chester Harding in 1820
Colonel Harland Sanders was commissioned by Governor Ruby Laffoon in 1935 and launched Kentucky Fried Chicken as a franchise chain in 1952.
A Pakistani laureate poses with his 2020 Kentucky Colonel Certificate received from Governor of Kentucky, Andy Beshear.