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It was a different type event at Perryville State Historic Battlefield this weekend as Civil War re-enactors gathered for a 1869 post war event including horse races and sale. Photos Now Loaded
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Lore of the Lochry
Enjoys Spring Weather
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Participants in the the four year old event - Lore of the Laughery had a chance to enjoy some spring weather at Friendship Indiana last weekend. The event has previously been held in late August and was subject to very hot and humid days.
So despite some rain on Friday’s school day re-enactors, demonstrators and sutlers treated visitors to days straight out of the late 18th century. For it was that time period - when the nearby Creek was named for Colonel Archibald Lochry. Subsequent generations corrupted his name to Laughery and thus the name of this event - Lore of the Laughery. See the photos and read more about this event
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The Kentucky Colonels Annual
Bar-B-Que A Derby Weekend Tradition
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Season Starts with a Cold Weekend for the Illinois Regiment at Locust Grove
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A cold and wet weekend in Louisville, Kentucky is not usually on the agenda for the middle of April.
On the river front Louisville hosts the largest fireworks in the country - known as Thunder Over Louisville - the kickoff to three weeks of Kentucky Derby Festival Events.
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While up on a hillside not too far from downtown there is another event - known as 18th Century Thunder. Re-Enactors add to the thunder noise with a bit of 18th century black powder. The photo above was taken near the Croghan family cemetery as the assembled troops gave a salute to George Rogers Clark who spent his final days at Locust Grove, the home of his sister and brother in law William and Lucy Clark Croghan. Click Here for more photos.
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Managers Conference Held
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The 2nd Annual Event Planners & Historic Site Managers Conference was held at Blue Licks Battlefield State Park on March 5-7. The Conference was hosted by The Fort Boonesborough Foundation. Read the Story.
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Scott New Returns to
Kentucky Humanities Council Chautauqua
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By Kathy Cummings
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After three years working as character interpreters for Colonial Williamsburg, Scott and Berni New have come home. According to New, “ We are delighted to be back on home ground again amidst friends and family. We felt we had made our mark at Colonial Williamsburg and were becoming awfully homesick. You are never too old, or busy, to learn the old lesson all over again that there is ‘no place like home’. By the grace of Providence, we were able to return.”
“I will once again be taking up the mantle, or should I say, hunting shirt of Daniel Boone. I am delighted to be back with the Kentucky Humanities Council as before. We plan on offering the Boone programs right where we left off.”
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Visitors to last weekend’s Martin Station event may have also noticed that New is back with Wilderness Road State Park. Continued New,” I hope to see a number of familiar faces at our various events. We have hopes of really making progress with our living history programming, and are very exited about the potential. We hope to be establishing a good partnership not only with the Cumberland Gap National Park, but with historic sites in Kentucky, southwest Virginia and perhaps east Tennessee as well. After all, we are all telling the same story, just different chapters. God willing there are good days ahead all way around!”
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The Photo Gallery of Events
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