The influence of Clay is immortalized
One of the interesting facts about Henry Clay is that his influence is immortal. In Clay's honor, numerous monuments, memorials, and even high schools have been built and named. Clay is honored with the naming of sixteen counties, one in each of the following states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, and West Virginia. Clay, Kentucky, Claysville, Alabama, and Claysville, Pennsylvania are all places that bear his name.
In his honor, the USS Henry Clay submarine was given a new name by the US Navy. One of the two Kentucky statues in the National Statuary Hall Collection is among the many statues that celebrate Clay. National Historic Landmark status belongs to Clay's Ashland estate. The Decatur House, where Clay resided while serving as secretary of state in Washington, DC, is also a National Historic Landmark. Henry Clay's participation in the American Colonial Association led to the naming of a newly established Liberian town in West Africa after him, and it was Clay-Ashland, where freed slaves from Kentucky emigrated.
It's interesting to note that even his homes have been turned into historical sites. Both Clay's Ashland estate and his Washington home, the Decatur House, are not regarded as National Historic Landmarks.
