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Camp Nelson National Monument, formerly the Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park, is a 525-acre (2.12 km 2) national monument, historical museum and park located in southern Jessamine County, Kentucky, United States, 20 miles (32 km) south of Lexington, Kentucky. The American Civil War era camp was established in 1863 as a depot for the Union ...
Georgia Davis Powers, first African American Kentucky senator, (1923–2016) Moneta Sleet Jr., first African American Pulitzer Prize winner in photography (1926–1996) [9] Allen Allensworth, chaplain (1842–1914) bell hooks, author, academic, essayist, activist, born in Kentucky and came back to her land (1952–2021).
Danville is a home rule-class city [6] in Boyle County, Kentucky, United States.It is the seat of its county. [7] The population was 17,236 at the 2020 Census. [8] Danville is the principal city of the Danville Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of the Boyle and Lincoln counties.
Constitution Square Historic Site is a 3-acre (0.012 km 2) park and open-air museum in Danville, Kentucky. From 1937 to 2012, it was a part of the Kentucky state park system and operated by the Kentucky Department of Parks. When dedicated in 1942, it was known as John G. Weisiger Memorial State Park, honoring the brother of Emma Weisiger, who ...
The history of slavery in Kentucky dates from the earliest permanent European settlements in the state, until the end of the Civil War. In 1830, enslaved African Americans represented 24 percent of Kentucky's population, a share that declined to 19.5 percent by 1860, on the eve of the Civil War. Most enslaved people were concentrated in the ...
There are 99 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 3 that are National Historic Landmarks. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 11, 2024.[2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
Website. www.lincolnky.com. Historic Thomas Montgomery House in Stanford. Lincoln County is a county located in south-central Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,275. [1] Its county seat is Stanford. [2] Lincoln County is part of the Danville, KY Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Lydia (or Lettie) Moran and George Fisher. Helen Fisher Frye (June 24, 1918 – November 26, 2014) was an American educator and churchwoman who was a local leader for civil rights in her hometown of Danville, Kentucky, serving as the president of the Danville chapter of the NAACP. She was the first African American to enroll at Centre College ...