History

News, features and commentary about history in Hopkinsville, Kentucky.

Organizers decided on the venue change because of the forecast for rain.
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Here's a look at the lives of 20 American patriots who settled here and helped establish Christian County.
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Numerous activities are planned at the Kentucky Historical Society. A fireworks show set to music will wrap up the event.
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Historic preservationist Grace Abernethy will lead the program at Hopkinsville Brewing Co.
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Freedom was not just confined to physical enslavement, but mental enslavement as well, bound in the laws that barred enslaved people from receiving an education in Southern states, writes scholar Rodney Coates.
While no written record confirms the flag story, ample evidence survives to document the successful multigenerational flagmaking enterprise that Ross launched and then sustained with her daughter and granddaughters.
Several special programs about Kentucky's history are available on the KET website to view on demand.
The event, including a program with Hopkinsville-Christian County Historian William T. Turner, will be on July 11.
Wynn Radford will give the May 28 program that highlights the lives of local military soldiers who served from the American Revolution through modern conflicts.
Museum director Alissa Keller delves into the history of American quilt-making and examines a stunning iris applique quilt, sewn nearly 100 years ago by a local woman. It is part of an exhibition currently open at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
Straddling the state line on acreage that later became Fort Campbell, the community had ties to one of the biggest land scandals in early America, a nationwide religious movement and local families whose descendants still live in Christian County today.
An Italian immigrant who sold oysters and fish in Hopkinsville in the 1930s is one of the personalities from local history who helped spark a special meal at the Pennyroyal Area Museum.
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