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January 17 -18 Indoor Trade Show, Jackson, Ohio Click Here for more details.

January 24th - The 2009 Historical Ball at The Frazier International Museum - 7-10pm     contact the museum for prices and details.

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Bringing History to Life... is the title of our new book. It is a photo compilation of photos of living history people, events and places. And in addition to the photos we asked a hand full of folks to add their impressions of what this passion for history is all about.  This  10 X 10 “coffee table book” has a linen cover in Midnight Blue with a full color dust jacket. The finished product contains over 150 full color photos from over the past several years. We did not target any specific events or people - just picked some of our all time favorite photos - some that have appeared on the website - some that have not.

The Painted Stone Settlers held their 10th Annual Christmas Party in true 18th century style in a cabin at Clear Creek Park, Shelbyville, KY. All members and guests were invited to bring a lantern or two in addition to a dish for the feast. The cabin glowed with the candle light and the food, as always, was second to none.

Special photos were taken and sent to long time member Sean Raleigh currently serving in Iraq.

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See Photos from Fort Boonesborough’s Winter Trade Days including the list of prize winner’s from the 2008 Re-Enactor Appreciation Program Click Here

A Visit with Robert Morgan Author of Boone - A Biography

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Photos on The Guest Gallery from: Cultures in Contact: A 17th century Reenactment at Sun Watch Indian Village/Archaeological Park, Dayton, Ohio.

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Wooden Steamboats have been stopping at the Louisville Wharf since 1811. But last Friday was the final stop for the Delta Queen who has lost her safety exemption and will no longer travel these waters. Click Here for story and additional photos.

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The Fall Market Fair was held in late October at Historic  Locust Grove,
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Highlights from The Kentucky Historical Society about Abraham Lincoln

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Thomas E. Bramlette (1817-1875)

Kentucky governor Thomas E. Bramlette, elected in 1863, frequently tangled with President Abraham Lincoln over Union military policy in the commonwealth.

Born on January 3, 1817, in present-day Clinton County, Bramlette was a  lawyer, legislator, and politician.

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As the nation prepares to celebrate the Lincoln Bicentennial - read some lesser known facts about Kentucky’s Lincoln connections.

During the Civil War, Bramlette raised the 3rd Kentucky Union Infantry and was elected colonel of the regiment. In 1862, Lincoln appointed him U. S.  district attorney for Kentucky. The next year Bramlette was elected governor in  a race rife with Union military interference. As wartime governor, Bramlette  resisted Confederate guerrillas and battled Lincoln over the enlistment of African American troops, the suspension of habeas corpus, and civilian arrests. He was governor until 1867, and in the postwar years he supported pardons for ex-Confederate soldiers yet resisted the Freedmen's Bureau and the Fourteenth  and Fifteenth constitutional amendments. One of Bramlette's greatest legacies  was establishing the Agricultural and Mechanical College, which eventually became the University of Kentucky. When Bramlette's term ended, he was a philanthropist and attorney in Louisville.

Although Bramlette disagreed with Lincoln over many major issues, after  Lincoln's assassination the governor recognized the enduring legacy of Lincoln's policies. Bramlette said, "We may differ with him, and have differed with him, but when the judgment of future events has come, we found we were differing blindly; that he was right and we were wrong . . . experience and time have demonstrated that his was the only line of salvation for our country."

Portrait of Thomas E. Bramlette by William Ver Bryck, 1874
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