Unveiled on Saturday, August 4, 2006

Kentucky Historical Highway

Marker #2205

The Back of the Marker reads:

AMERICAN (KNOW-NOTHING) PARTY

This party feared that Catholic immigrants from Germany and Ireland threatened Protestantism and democracy.  By 1854, the party claimed a million members nationwide and led Jefferson Co. govt.  They split over slavery and by the end of the Civil War they had vanished from politics in Louisville and Jefferson Co. Given by Anc. Ord. Hibernians & German-Amer. Club

Location:  1011 West Main Street, Louisville, Kentucky

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This marker was unveiled 151 years after the event... thanks to the efforts of Paul Whitty, Esq. who submitted the wording to the state historic landmark board and to the German American Club and the AOH for funding this marker.

It can be found between 10th and 11th Streets on West Main Street in front of the Ky Lottery Corporation.

Program for Bloody Monday Marker Dedication

Welcome                      Vicky Ullrich, President

                                    Germanic Heritage Auxiliary

                                    German-American Club Gesangverein, Inc.

Invocation                   Reverend William Fichteman, Pastor

                                    Cathedral of the Assumption

Brief Remarks             Gerald McDaniel, Historian and Author

                                    David Tandy, Fourth District Councilman

                                    Louisville Metro Government

                                    James Boeckmann, President

                                    German-American Club Gesangverein, Inc.

                                    Shaun McKiernan, President

                                    Ancient Order of Hibernians

                                    Reverend Fred Klotter, Pastor

                                    St. Martin of Tours Catholic Parish

                                    Kenneth McCarthy, C.F.X.

                                    Brothers of St. Francis Xavier

                                    Arch Gleason, President and CEO

                                    Kentucky Lottery Corporation

                                    Nelson Dawson

                                    Kentucky Historical Society

                                    Barry Sanders

                                    Kentucky Department of Transportation

Unveiling of Marker            Shaun McKiernan, James Boeckmann and

                                    Members of Dedication Program Planning Committee

Closing Remarks            Vicky Ullrich

Musical Interludes            Karen McKenzie, Bagpiper

Reception to follow ceremony at Nelligan Hall, 2010 Portland Avenue