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A very cool piece of Kentucky and American History.

In 1786, this was the site of a homesteader’s log cabin. On May 19, 1786, the homesteader and his three sons left the cabin to clear some additional land for planting. As they worked, they were set upon by a band of Shawnee warriors. One of the first arrows fired by a Shawnee hit the homesteader in the chest, killing him.

The oldest son, 16-year-old, ran back to the cabin to retrieve a musket. The twelve-year-old ran toward a fort about 1/2 mile to the north. The youngest son, nine-year-old, ran to his father's side.

When the 16 year old returned with the musket, the 9 year old was being dragged away by a Shawnee warrior. The oldest took careful aim and killed the Shawnee with a single shot.

The homesteader was buried on the south side of the cabin. Since his widow with three sons and a baby daughter were at increased risk at the isolated cabin, she abandoned the cabin and moved with her children to Nelson County, Kentucky, about 40 miles south, to be with her family.

There, the boys grew to manhood and eventually married. The youngest son found love and married. They bought a farm near Larue County, Kentucky.

In time, they had a son.

So, had the oldest son not been an excellent shot on that fateful day in 1786, the youngest boy might not have survived to father the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

The Thanksgiving that Herman and Granpa Got Drunk and Dropped the "F" Bomb on Betty White.

The Munsters debuted on CBS in September of 1964. The show was an instant hit, and it was decided that Fred Gwynne (Herman Munster) and Al Lewis (Granpa) would appear in the annual televised broadcast of the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Gwynne didn’t enjoy public appearances because it took hours to get in and out of that Munster makeup, but it was in the early days of the show, and he was convinced this would be good for his career.

So he and Lewis rode the entire parade route in the open Munsters coach, waving to the crowds in the chilled November air.

Stephen Cox, who wrote, “The Munsters: A Trip Down Mockingbird Lane,” interviewed Karl Silvera for the 2006 book. The makeup man explained how Gwynne fortified himself against the elements on that chilly November day in Manhattan.

“Fred had brought along a bottle with him, wrapped in a paper bag, and he got fractured,” said Silvera.

Apparently Gwynne started yelling obsenities at spectators. Silvera, who had the job of playing the Munster’s TV theme as they rode along, kept cranking up the music to drown out Herman’s unseasonal greetings.

Eventually the Koach arrived near the platform where parade TV hosts Betty White and Lorne Greene.

Well oiled by this point in the parade, Gwynne recognized them both in the media box, and, according to Silvera, cut loose to the cameras with a loud, “F– you!”

Once again, Silvera cranked the volume way up on the Munsters’ theme.

“I thought Betty White and Lorne Greene were going to fall off the platform,” Silvera told Cox. “But I have to admit, it was funny.”

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