LONDON, Ky. (LEX 18) — For 34 years, people from all over America have taken over downtown London for the annual World Chicken Festival. It’s a four-day street fair steeped in the tradition of Kentucky’s famous chicken recipes.

“So, in 1990, there were several individuals in London that got together to try to honor the chicken heritage that is Laurel County,” said Travis Short, the Public Relations Manager for the London-Laurel Tourism Commission.

Colonel Harland Sanders and KFC got their start in Laurel County, with the first restaurant located in Corbin. His nephew, who worked for KFC, went on to form Lee’s Famous Chicken. The festival began in 1990 because that year marked Sanders’ 100 th birthday.

“Four days of nothing but carnival rides, free concerts, food vendors; more food tha

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