State Profile for Kentucky

Added to Union: June 1, 1792 (15th State)	State Official Bird: Cardinal
Capital: Frankfort	State Official Flower: Goldenrod
State Website: http://www.kentucky.gov/	State Official Tree: Tulip Tree

Historical Figures from Kentucky

• Alben Barkley
  
• John Breckinridge
  
• John Marshall Harlan
  
• Richard Johnson
  
• Abraham Lincoln
  
• Stanley Forman Reed
  
• Adlai Stevenson
  
• Frederick Moore Vinson
  

Historical Sites in Kentucky

• Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site, Hodgenville
  
• Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Louisville
  

There are 2 sites in Kentucky

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Future President John Adams successfully defended the British soldiers who were charged with murder following the Boston Massacre.

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