Kentucky History Day
Title: Kentucky History Day
Start: June 1, 2024, 10:00 am EDT
End: June 1, 2024, 5:00 pm EDT
Address: 300 Broadway St. Frankfort, KY 40601
Cost: FREE
Don’t miss the chance to experience the best of Kentucky’s history and culture! Join the Kentucky Historical Society and our partner Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet agencies in commemorating the 232nd anniversary of Kentucky at an exciting day-long event showcasing the state’s unique culture, natural beauty, history, arts, and heritage. Immerse yourself in the rich history of Kentucky through captivating living history demonstrations, impressive performances, intriguing exhibitions, and the first-ever Kentucky History Day Old-Time Music Contest.
Old-Time Music Contest Information & Musician Registration
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Kentucky History Day Schedule of Events
Military History Events/Demonstrations
HISTORIC MILITARY VEHICLES (on Broadway)
KILROY Chapter Motor Vehicle Preservation Association will attend with approximately 20 historic military vehicles, many of WWII vintage, including an operational WWII tank and an M5A1 Stuart Light Tank.
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (SAR) DEMONSTRATIONS
- 18th-century process of turning flax into linen
- Colonial militia encampment
- Demonstration on how to load and fire flintlock muskets
- Fife and drummer playing military music of the American Revolution
- Spectator march from the OSC to the Arsenal (Kentucky Military History Museum) to observe the firing demonstrations
CIVIL WAR DEMONSTRATIONS
- Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site Civil War surgeon/medical exhibit on the lawn of the OSC
- 14th Kentucky Light Artillery (US) encampment on OSC lawn
- Reenactors portraying a Union artillery regiment
- Firing Demonstrations
- Mortar at Fort Hill overlooking Frankfort at 8:45 am to kick off the day
- 3-inch ordinance rifle
- Howitzers (these will be fired at the Arsenal at 11 am following the history awards)
June 11, 1864, marks the 160th anniversary of Confederate John Hunt Morgan’s raid on Frankfort. The cannon firing will be a reenactment honoring the Frankfort militiamen stationed at the Arsenal who successfully defended the city from Morgan’s men.