Question for Lexington natives

[letitrainuk_rivals88012]

What's the significance of Chevy Chase and why does he have a festival named after him?

 

[dgtatu01]

I think that's the name of the neighborhood.

Edit 1 Wikipedia says it is named after a golf club in Maryland that Henry Clay was a member of while he was in the Senate. He then named this neighborhood Chevy Chase. Maybe Chevy Chase the actor chose his name the same way as that is not his real name.

Edit 2 after googling Chevy Chase his name is Cornelious Crane Chase and his grandmother nick amed him Chevy after the same neighborhood in Maryland, how about that.

Edit 3 the town in Maryland is was named after a French word for a border raid chevauchée and a chase which meant a hunting ground. At some point us unsophisticated Americans shortened chevauchée down to Chevy. So there you have it. The origin of the name.

Google is your friend.

 

[funKYcat75]

He’s a big UK fan and donor.

 

[justa]

When his secretary Freida was looking for a home office she set up shop there. The rest is history.

 

[funKYcat75]

I think that's the name of the neighborhood.

Edit 1 Wikipedia says it is named after a golf club in Maryland that Henry Clay was a member of while he was in the Senate. He then named this neighborhood Chevy Chase. Maybe Chevy Chase the actor chose his name the same way as that is not his real name.

Edit 2 after googling Chevy Chase his name is Cornelious Crane Chase and his grandmother nick amed him Chevy after the same neighborhood in Maryland, how about that.

Edit 3 the town in Maryland is was named after a French word for a border raid chevauchée and a chase which meant a hunting ground. At some point us unsophisticated Americans shortened chevauchée down to Chevy. So there you have it. The origin of the name.

Google is your friend.

All of this is false. Listen to the rest of us.

Also, Montclair is NOT Chevy Chase.

 

[letitrainuk_rivals88012]

Thanks...and I have no friends named Google haha

 

[mrhotdice]

Chevy Chase used to be the place in Lexington. Amy old timers remember the fireplace

 

[BlueVelvetFog]

I think that's the name of the neighborhood.

Edit 1 Wikipedia says it is named after a golf club in Maryland that Henry Clay was a member of while he was in the Senate. He then named this neighborhood Chevy Chase. Maybe Chevy Chase the actor chose his name the same way as that is not his real name.

Edit 2 after googling Chevy Chase his name is Cornelious Crane Chase and his grandmother nick amed him Chevy after the same neighborhood in Maryland, how about that.

Edit 3 the town in Maryland is was named after a French word for a border raid chevauchée and a chase which meant a hunting ground. At some point us unsophisticated Americans shortened chevauchée down to Chevy. So there you have it. The origin of the name.

Google is your friend.

[sick]


[eyeroll]

 

[KyCatFan_rivals45723]

He’s a big UK fan and donor.

What movie is he wearing a Kentucky shirt in?

 

[Stevo1951]

He was in the news yesterday using the "F" word extensively

 

[funKYcat75]

What movie is he wearing a Kentucky shirt in?

Funny something-or-The-other.

 

[KyCatFan_rivals45723]

Funny something-or-The-other.

Well done. [laughing]

 

[mktmaker]

Chevy Chase used to be the place in Lexington. Amy old timers remember the fireplace

I remember Bugatti's...and Mint State 70 (or some priceless coin).

Is the Saratoga or Charlie Brown's there any more?

 

[LordEggForgotHisPassword_rivals]

charlie browns is. Saratoga hasn't been there in my memory and ive been here twenty years.