Lexington
Kentucky's horse capital
Lexington is a place name appearing across the United States, most notably for the Massachusetts town where the first shots of the American Revolution were fired in 1775.
Lexington, Kentucky is the state's second-largest city, known for horse racing and bourbon.
The name typically evokes either Revolutionary War history or the Kentucky bluegrass region, depending on context.
Colonial instant-ready militia
- ConcordUnity or famous places
- Patriots DayRevolutionary battles commemoration
- Paul RevereColonial warning horseman
- Samuel AdamsBoston revolutionary leader
John Hancock · redcoats · British troops · colonial · militia · revolutionary · American Revolution · liberty
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- bourbonCorn-based American spirit
- thoroughbredsAnimals of unmixed lineage
- wildcatsUndomesticated small felines
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
horse farms · bluegrass music · fried chicken · Appalachia · Daniel Boone · pioneers · southern · coal
Mid-Atlantic American state
- MissouriMidwestern state, major river
- North CarolinaSoutheastern Atlantic coast state
- South CarolinaSoutheastern Atlantic coastal state
- TennesseeSixteenth state admitted
Nebraska · Illinois · Ohio · Michigan · Indiana · Oklahoma · Texas · Minnesota
Warship with flight deck
- Coral SeaSouthwest Pacific body
- Corpus ChristiLatin for Christ's body
- World War IISecond global military conflict
- naval aviationAircraft operations at sea
Minutemen
Colonial instant-ready militia
- ConcordUnity or famous places
- Patriots DayRevolutionary battles commemoration
- Paul RevereColonial warning horseman
Samuel Adams · John Hancock · redcoats · British troops · colonial · militia · revolutionary · American Revolution · liberty · historical reenactment
bluegrass
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- bourbonCorn-based American spirit
- thoroughbredsAnimals of unmixed lineage
- wildcatsUndomesticated small felines
basketball · horse farms · bluegrass music · fried chicken · Appalachia · Daniel Boone · pioneers · southern · coal · mining
Virginia
Mid-Atlantic American state
- MissouriMidwestern state, major river
- North CarolinaSoutheastern Atlantic coast state
- South CarolinaSoutheastern Atlantic coastal state
Tennessee · Nebraska · Illinois · Ohio · Michigan · Indiana · Oklahoma · Texas · Minnesota · New York
aircraft carrier
Warship with flight deck
- Coral SeaSouthwest Pacific body
- Corpus ChristiLatin for Christ's body
- World War IISecond global military conflict
naval aviation · carrier · warship · fleet
- KentuckyLouisville, Frankfort, Kentucky Derby, bourbon, Churchill Downs
- Kentucky historyDaniel Boone, Henry Clay, statehood, Cumberland Gap, border state
- Kentucky PlacesLouisville, Frankfort, Bowling Green, Covington, Paducah
- Massachusetts TownsFramingham, Wellesley, Sudbury, Weston, Ashland
- New England TownsConcord, Plymouth, Salem, Nantucket, Provincetown
- South CarolinaCharleston, Columbia, Greenville, Spartanburg, Myrtle Beach
- Lexington and ConcordFirst armed colonial conflict
- Battle of LexingtonFirst American Revolutionary engagement
- USS Lexington