Berry Craig

Berry Craig, a Carlisle countian, is a professor emeritus of history at West Kentucky Community and Technical College in Paducah and the author of seven books, all on Kentucky history. His latest is “Kentuckians and Pearl Harbor: Stories from the Day of Infamy” which the University Press of Kentucky published.

A Kentucky chaplain exhorted sailors to ‘Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition’

The “ripsnorting battle hymn of the Navy” was inspired by Chaplain Howell Forgy, 34, who left the pulpit at Murray First Presbyterian Church to join the Navy in 1940.

By Berry Craig

‘Ghost of a Lost Cause’ tells an unfinished story stretching beyond ‘friendliest small town’

The struggle to remove the Confederate statue on the Calloway County Courthouse lawn inspired the film to be shown Jan. 15 at Murray State University.

By Berry Craig

Happy New Year. Don’t try this at home.

Anvil-firing was a risky way to celebrate.

By Berry Craig

Lincoln was no favorite son in his native Kentucky

When he won the White House in 1860, Lincoln lost every county and failed to tally a single vote in 36 of the state’s 110 counties.

By Berry Craig