The Kentucky Rifles were a professional minor league baseball team located in southeastern Kentucky, USA. They played in the independent Frontier League from 1993-1994. The team folded at the conclusion of the 1994 season.
Their name was in honor of the original Kentucky Rifles which were a militia unit commanded by Andrew Jackson. They were extremely skilled in long-range warfare and guerrilla tactics. They were utilized with great effect in the American campaign against the British Empire during The War of 1812.
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—For the State of Kentucky, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Oh, God, why do they do this to us? We only wanted to live, you and I. Why should they send us out to fight each other? If we threw away these rifles and these uniforms, you could be my brother.”
—Maxwell Anderson (1888–1959)