Editor’s Note: As Lexington celebrates the 250th anniversary of its founding, the Herald-Leader and kentucky.com each day throughout 2025 will share interesting facts about our hometown. Compiled by Liz Carey, all are notable moments in the city’s history — some funny, some sad, others heartbreaking or celebratory, and some just downright strange.
April 14, 1912, was a dark day for many of the well-heeled in the United States, but for one Lexington socialite, it was a day of miracles.
That day, the Titanic hit an iceberg, sinking the vessel. But Lucinda Davis Temple Parrish was one of the 700 survivors…