Sing'n'Joy Louisville 2013 - Program Book

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For nearly 140
years, the world has
turned to Churchill
Downs the first Saturday
in May, for the first leg of
the Triple Crown of
Thoroughbred racing, the
Kentucky Derby.
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Babe Ruth,
Ty Cobb, Mickey
Mantle, Hank
Aaron and Johnny Bench
are just a few of the
baseball legends who
have used the Hillerich &
Bradsby Company’s
Louisville Slugger.
3
The Belle of
Louisville is the
oldest operating
Mississippi-style stern
wheeler steamboat in
existence today. She will
celebrate her 100th
birthday in 2014.
4
Louisville’s Historic
Main Street has the
nation’s second
largest collection of
cast-iron storefront
facades. Only New York
City has more.
Old Louisville is
home to the
largest collection
of Victorian Mansions in
the United States.
Louisville is the
6 location for the
busiest canal in
the world. More tonnage
passes through the
McAlpine Locks and Dam
System on the Ohio River
than the Panama Canal
and Suez Canal
combined.
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Louisville is the
world’s center for
Braille printing.
The American Printing
House for the Blind is
the oldest national nonprofit
agency for the
visually impaired in the
U.S., and the nation’s
largest publisher of
literary aids for the blind.
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Known as the “city
of parks,” metro
Louisville has 122
parks, covering nearly
12,500 acres.
9
Louisville
International
Airport is the third
busiest air cargo facility in
North America and the
10th busiest in the world.
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LOUISVILLE
FACTOIDS
The population of
the metro Louisville
area is 1.3 million.
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The Mint Julep
is revered as
Louisville’s cocktail
of choice each year as
the official drink of the
Kentucky Derby. It’s a
powerful concoction of
sugar, water, crushed ice,
bourbon and mint.
Modjeska, a candy
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treat, originated in
Louisville by candy
maker Anton Busath. This
specially made
marshmallow dipped in
liquid caramel was
named in honor of famed
Polish actress Helena
Modjeska after Busath
saw her perform a play in
Louisville.
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When you order
“whiskey” in
Louisville you
usually get bourbon –
95% of all bourbon is
made in Kentucky.
Louisville has been
named as one of
the “best foodie
getaways in the world”
by Zagat.
SOURCE: Louisville Convention & Visitors Bureau
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