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Highly debated meaning of Lousiville's: "Gateway to the South" moniker
I'm a native Louisvillian and growing up I remember people going round after round on the origin of this moniker regarding which side of the gateway was Louisville in. I found there is a documented history of this phrase.

The first record of Louisville being referred to as the "Gateway to the South" comes from the famed Courier-Journal editor Henry Watterson in 1895 as he was addressing the GAR encampment (Union Veterans). Sourcing can be found in the Introduction of Anne Marshall's dissertation "“A STRANGE CONCLUSION TO A TRIUMPHANT WAR”: MEMORY, IDENTITY AND THE CREATION OF A CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY, 1865- 1925" as a requirement for a Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Georgia. The dissertation eventually went to print as "Creating a Confederate Kentucky: The Lost Cause and Civil War Memory in a Border State. [3]https://uncpress.org/book/9781469609836/creating-a-confederate-kentucky/

Here is the original quote from Henry Watterson: "Standing before an immense crowd at the opening of the 1895 Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) encampment in Louisville, Kentucky, Courier-Journal editor in chief Henry Watterson delivered words of welcome, proclaiming, “It is . . . with a kind of exultation that I fling open the Gateway to the South!”

According to Marshall Henry Watterson was speaking from a southern city's point of view which he was successfully promoting at the time.

"Many in attendance noted the irony of an ex Confederate soldier and eminent New South spokesman offering his greetings to Union veterans. What many listeners may not have noticed, however, was the manner in which Watterson cast Kentucky’s wartime position, even as he extended his wishes for sectional reconciliation. “You came, and we resisted you,” he said of Kentucky’s wartime response to men in blue, “you come and we greet you; for times change and men change with them. You will find here no sign of the battle; not a reminiscence of its passion. Grim visaged war has smoothed his wrinkled front . . ..”

She also points out the irony of this quote due to Louisville's support of the Union during the war. She continues:

"Along with many of his fellow white Kentuckians, Watterson seemed to overlook the fact that his home city stood with the Union during the Civil War, and had served as a major supply center for the Union Army. Furthermore, Union veterans would have only had to wander a few blocks to the intersection of Louisville’s Third and Shipp Streets to see an unmistakable “reminiscence of passion,” a towering Confederate monument erected just a few months earlier."

Marshall's sourcing came from the Filson Historical Society "Henry Watterson, “Address of Welcome to be delivered to the Grand Army of the Republic on Behalf of the City of Louisville,” Henry Watterson Papers, Speech Collection, Filson Club Historical Society, Louisville, Ky." So there you have it. Funmountainlion (talk) 20:09, 13 January 2024 (UTC)