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 * ...that according to legend, George Washington personally stopped an angry mob from burning St. Philip's Church in the Highlands (pictured)?
 * ...that over 10,000 people attended the 1876 dedication of the Confederate Monument in Bowling Green, Kentucky?
 * ...that the Unknown Confederate Soldier Monument in Hart County, Kentucky is unique for being built with geodes, and for honoring a Louisiana soldier who died accidentally by his own rifle?
 * ..that the St. James-Belgravia Historic District of Louisville, Kentucky, the site of the 1883-87 Southern Exposition, has buildings modeled after London's Belgravia?
 * ...that the passing lanes of the Arroyo Seco Parkway, California's first freeway, were paved in a different color to encourage drivers to stay in their lanes?