In 1914, Clara crossed the Ohio River from a Louisville orphanage to a marriage parlor. She was 17, her pen faltering at her birthdate. A century later, I crossed the same river—my pen steady, but the ink between us still linked our names.
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Six generations. One rare cactus. She blooms only at night — and only once a year. Tonight, she may open. And with her, a century and a half of family history. 🌙✨
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The Dead Are Still Here

Western Cemetery listens. A quiet field in Louisville’s West End—once a public graveyard, now mostly erased. But the dead are still there.
A story of forgotten graves, faded maps, and hands that brought the names back.
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When La Marseillaise filled the room, it echoed more than music—it echoed Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité. A shared dream that still binds us, 200 years after Lafayette’s visit. #Lafayette200 #FrancoAmericanFriendship #Louisville #France #Lafayette

Louisville’s namesake is hidden in storage—a king who backed our revolution, now mostly forgotten. This story isn’t about royalty. It’s about memory, nuance, and what we choose to bring back into the light.
www.cornislandproject.org/p/why-is-lou...

Floodline
How the Great Flood of 1937 brought two Kentuckians — and the family that followed — to higher ground.
www.cornislandproject.org/p/floodline

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The Shoemaker Who Might've Met Lafayette
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