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.
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.
Two former Shaker communities are preserved historical sites in Kentucky — Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill near Lexington and South Union Shaker Village near Auburn.
