we are standing in front of stone marking the grave of general gordon granger. general granger did not come from lexington. he came from new york, graduate of west point, class of 1845. a prominent combatant in the mexican war and the war in the west for the civil war and after, he wins his fame at the battle of chickamauga at the 20th of september, 1863. but that's not what we know him more. at the wars and on june 19, 1865, he was in command of

gordon granger, at one point in time, commanded the department of kentucky.probably during his command of the department of kentucky that he met a woman from lexington named maria lecture. it was not until after the war that he and maria were married. they were married in evansville indiana, and from there, these to cut an amazing course of social life in new york city and saratoga. they lived briefly in lexington in 1870, but when gordon granger died, his wife brought israel means back here into the plot of her family. gordon granger is very here, along with his wife, maria and maria's family. in this cemetery, you have all of the people who helped build this town and build this state and continue to do so. consequently, this is of critical importance to understand who these people were and what they did so you understand where you fit in this world and in this place. we are still a country workplace means something and i hope it will. this is where you find them for lexington and central kentucky in this cemetery. >> all weekend long, american history tv is