Stephen C. FosterMy Old Kentucky Home, Goodnight / Lyricist Stephen Collins Foster: This portrait shows Stephen Collins Foster, who wrote "My Old Kentucky Home," which was adopted as the state song in 1928. Courtesy of the Kentucky Historical Society. Federal Hill: This photograph shows the front entrance to Federal Hill, which was build for Judge John Rowan.

1853. Stephen Foster's sentimental ballad "My Old Kentucky Home, Good-Night!" is published through Firth and Pond.

My Old Kentucky Home In the world of sports, there is not a more moving moment than when the horses step onto the track for the Kentucky Derby post parade and the band strikes up "My Old Kentucky Home" and 160,000+ people sing along.

Senator John Rowan The park's centerpiece is Federal Hill, a former plantation home owned by United States Senator John Rowan in 1795. During the Rowan family's occupation, the mansion became a meeting place for local politicians and hosted several visiting dignitaries.

Phil HanserothThe Story / Lyricist "The Story" is a song released as a single by American folk rock singer Brandi Carlile, written by Phil Hanseroth, from her 2007 album The Story.

2005 "Home" is a song by Canadian singer Michael Bublé, and released on January 24, 2005, as the first single from his fourth studio album, It's Time. The song was written by Bublé, along with co-writers Alan Chang and Amy Foster-Gillies.

"So What" was released as the first single from Pink's fifth studio album Funhouse (2008). It was first released on August 11, 2008, via digital download to certain countries including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom.

5 great quotes about the Kentucky Derby

• "This is the day for anyone involved with horse.
• "They must get to the end and go, 'We were just here.
• "No horse can go as fast as the money you bet on him."
• "A place where the windows clean the people."

“I tell you waiting for the Derby to start is the longest day of your life… It's just a unique time of thrill and tension and worry.” “Come Derby Day, there's 4 years that have gone into the preparation of that horse. It's bred into them to run.

Kentucky is also known for its culture, which includes horse racing, bourbon, moonshine, coal, My Old Kentucky Home State Park, automobile manufacturing, tobacco, southern cuisine, barbecue, bluegrass music, college basketball, Louisville Slugger baseball bats, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and the Kentucky Colonel.

The first place to look is street and trade directories, 1939 register and census. Directories will only provide the names and sometimes occupations of your past residents but the 1939 register and census will give you far more including their age, occupation , relationship with their family and place of birth.

“[Music] can propel narrative swiftly forward, or slow it down. It often lifts mere dialogue into the realm of poetry. It is the communicating link between the screen and the audience, reaching out and enveloping all into one single experience.”