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The slave cemetery at My Old Kentucky Home State Park sits in the elbow of the golf course’s 13th hole. Stray balls frequently land among the unmarked graves. Photo by Tom Eblen | Staff
The Bluegrass and Beyond
Lexington Herald-Leader columnist Tom Eblen
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Tom Eblen is a columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader who writes about life, people and issues in Kentucky. A Lexington native, he was the Herald-Leader's managing editor from 1998 to 2008. Before coming home in 1998, he was a reporter and editor for the Atlanta Journal- Constitution and Associated Press.
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