Lewis County Chamber of Commerce
606-796-0999
email: lcchamber@yahoo.com
606-796-0999
email: lcchamber@yahoo.com
Tourism Information
606-796-2732
email: visitlewiscountyky@yahoo.com
606-796-2732
email: visitlewiscountyky@yahoo.com
Vanceburg Visitors Center
606-796-0238
email: pkennard@windstream.net
606-796-0238
email: pkennard@windstream.net
Tucked between majestic hills and the meandering Ohio River, Lewis County
offers its visitors lovely scenery, friendly folks and a leisurely pace. A drive through
our countryside will evoke a sense of serenity as you wind past picturesque farms
with silos and grazing cattle. The colorful barn quilts throughout the county are a
testament to the pride of the residents here.
Vanceburg, the county seat, is a charming town with a riverfront park, historical
walking tour of downtown homes and buildings, restored Visitors Center and
Depot Museum. So come on out to Lewis County and experience a lifestyle far
from the hurried, bustling pace of the big city.
offers its visitors lovely scenery, friendly folks and a leisurely pace. A drive through
our countryside will evoke a sense of serenity as you wind past picturesque farms
with silos and grazing cattle. The colorful barn quilts throughout the county are a
testament to the pride of the residents here.
Vanceburg, the county seat, is a charming town with a riverfront park, historical
walking tour of downtown homes and buildings, restored Visitors Center and
Depot Museum. So come on out to Lewis County and experience a lifestyle far
from the hurried, bustling pace of the big city.
Welcome to
Lewis County...
Lewis County...
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Contact your
Congressmen:
Sen. Jim Bunning (R)
(term expires in 2011)
website email
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R)
(term expires in 2009)
website email
Rep. Geoff Davis (R)
(term expires in 2010)
website email
Congressmen:
Sen. Jim Bunning (R)
(term expires in 2011)
website email
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R)
(term expires in 2009)
website email
Rep. Geoff Davis (R)
(term expires in 2010)
website email
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made America’s national holiday until the 1940’s.
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presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison.
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July, as early as the 1810’s, Uncle Sam did not become America’s national symbol until the 1960’s.
4) There is no legitimate evidence to suggest that Betsy Ross actually sewed the first American flag.
5) “America the Beautiful” was composed on the 4th of July in 1895 by a college professor named
Katharine Lee.
6) July 2, 1776, was actually the day that independence was declared from Great Britain, as part of a
resolution passed by Congress on that day. On that day, John Adams declared that July 2nd would go
down in history as America’s day of independence.
7) Only John Hancock, who was President of the Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence
on July 4, 1776. The others did not sign until the following month.
8) 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence, representing leaders from all 13 colonies.
Pennsylvania had the most representatives with 10; Rhode Island had the fewest, with only 2.
9) Six men named William signed the Declaration of Independence; there were also six Johns, six
Thomases, and six Georges. Other first names of signers included Lyman, Button, and Caesar.
10) “The Star Spangled Banner” is set to a tune that was originally a British drinking song, sung in
pubs throughout England.
11) A committee selected the eagle as the national bird of the United States. Benjamin Franklin
served on this committee (along with John Adams and Thomas Jefferson) and is notable because he
argued fiercely for the national bird to be the turkey.
12) On July 4, 1054 – some 700 years before the Declaration of Independence – Chinese and Arab
astronomers recorded the explosion of a bright supernova in the sky, which continued to be visible for
several months.
13) The United States Military Academy at West Point opened its doors on July 4, 1802.
14) Folk writer Stephen Foster, famous for his songs of Americana, was born on the Fourth of July,
1826.
15) Two signers of the Declaration of Independence later became president: Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams. Strangely enough, both these statesmen died on July 4, 1826, within hours of each
other (this was the same day Stephen Foster was born). 1826 was also the 50th anniversary of the
document’s adoption, and thus a major historical milestone. A third president, James Monroe (who
was not a signer of the Declaration of Independence) also died on July 4th, in 1831.
made America’s national holiday until the 1940’s.
2) Declaration of Independence signer Benjamin Harrison was the father and great-grandfather of
presidents William Henry Harrison and Benjamin Harrison.
3) Although “Uncle Sam” came to be associated with the U.S. Government, and specifically the 4th of
July, as early as the 1810’s, Uncle Sam did not become America’s national symbol until the 1960’s.
4) There is no legitimate evidence to suggest that Betsy Ross actually sewed the first American flag.
5) “America the Beautiful” was composed on the 4th of July in 1895 by a college professor named
Katharine Lee.
6) July 2, 1776, was actually the day that independence was declared from Great Britain, as part of a
resolution passed by Congress on that day. On that day, John Adams declared that July 2nd would go
down in history as America’s day of independence.
7) Only John Hancock, who was President of the Congress, signed the Declaration of Independence
on July 4, 1776. The others did not sign until the following month.
8) 56 men signed the Declaration of Independence, representing leaders from all 13 colonies.
Pennsylvania had the most representatives with 10; Rhode Island had the fewest, with only 2.
9) Six men named William signed the Declaration of Independence; there were also six Johns, six
Thomases, and six Georges. Other first names of signers included Lyman, Button, and Caesar.
10) “The Star Spangled Banner” is set to a tune that was originally a British drinking song, sung in
pubs throughout England.
11) A committee selected the eagle as the national bird of the United States. Benjamin Franklin
served on this committee (along with John Adams and Thomas Jefferson) and is notable because he
argued fiercely for the national bird to be the turkey.
12) On July 4, 1054 – some 700 years before the Declaration of Independence – Chinese and Arab
astronomers recorded the explosion of a bright supernova in the sky, which continued to be visible for
several months.
13) The United States Military Academy at West Point opened its doors on July 4, 1802.
14) Folk writer Stephen Foster, famous for his songs of Americana, was born on the Fourth of July,
1826.
15) Two signers of the Declaration of Independence later became president: Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams. Strangely enough, both these statesmen died on July 4, 1826, within hours of each
other (this was the same day Stephen Foster was born). 1826 was also the 50th anniversary of the
document’s adoption, and thus a major historical milestone. A third president, James Monroe (who
was not a signer of the Declaration of Independence) also died on July 4th, in 1831.