1832 against Andrew Jackson, and 1844, when he ran against james k. Polk. Tonight we are on location at ash land. Henry clays home in lexington, kentucky. For the next 90 minutes, we will explore the life and legacy of this man. Unsuccessful in his long quest for the white house, yet having an outsized influence on American History. We are in henry clays parlor. Let me introduce you to jim klotter, 25 years now as kentucky state historian. Thanks for being with us. Glad to be here. Why henry clay . Why is he relevant to americans living in our time . Think a couple of counts. First of all, his famous counts, i would rather be right than be president , still speaks to us. Its a clarion call to people across whatever were doing. Whether were in politics or Something Else, is to do the right things. He also said, you know, that in a sense that the politicians need to remember the country and sacrifice for the country. I think that is still something we need to remember, as well. The man k
Five years ago, 2018 • The county was engrossed in months of deliberations regarding funding for the Clay Council on Aging (CCA) and its ability to provide senior citizens transportation, …
By Crystal McGough
CLAY Clay City Councilor Bo Johnson announced at the regular Clay Council meeting on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, that the city’s annual movie nights will kick off a week from this Friday with the movie “Onward.” The city will hold three Friday night movie nights behind the new Clay Public Library beginning at 7 p.m. on May 21, June 4 and June 18.
“Faith Community Fellowship is going to pull their trailer up and provide food and drinks for that,” Johnson said. “We’ve got a couple of other churches coming on board to help with popcorn and cotton candy and, quite possibly, Faith Community is going to handle the inflatables for us this year, as well. It’s cool to have people and churches working together for that event. We encourage everybody to come out.”