There was nowhere left to bury the dead. The 1833 cholera outbreak left Lexington in ruins, taking 500 lives — about 7% of the population — in a mere two months. People were laid to rest in church ...

Located just off of Main Street, the Lexington Cemetery is rich in Kentucky history. This year, the private cemetery celebrates 175 years of operation. With 170 acres of land, the cemetery currently ...

LEXINGTON, Ky (LEX 18) Susan Straub, from the Lexington Mayor’s office, released a statement saying that the statues of John Hunt Morgan and John Breckinridge have been moved to the Lexington Cemetery ...

An actor, portraying Gen. Robert E. Lee, spoke at Lexington Cemetery this spring to Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln presenters during the Association of Lincoln Presenters annual convention.

A tree with changing leaves stands near the Henry Clay Statue in the Lexington Cemetery. The cemetery relies on sales and income from investments to operate. In 1960, I was elected to the Lexington ...

The city of Lexington moved the statues of Confederates John Hunt Morgan and John Breckinridge to the Lexington Cemetery Tuesday after the pair sat in storage for months. “Today we are doing exactly ...

The mayor of Kentucky's second-largest city is proposing that two Confederate statues be moved to the Lexington cemetery where the men honored by the memorials are buried. Lexington Mayor Jim Gray is ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX 18) — We are just a couple of months away from the cherry blossoms at the Lexington Cemetery being in full bloom. It's a popular spot for local photographers every spring, but now ...

Dozens of Kentuckians started 2026 with binoculars and cameras in hand, searching the skies for their first bird of the new ...