Upcoming symposia: Abraham Lincoln, KY African Americans and the Constitution
The symposia series is presented through a grant from the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and sponsored by the Kentucky African American Heritage Commission, Kentucky Heritage Council, Kentucky Historical Society, Georgetown College Underground Railroad Research Institute, Kentucky State Parks, Centre College, Lincoln Memorial University, the city of Maysville and the Friends of the Network to Freedom Association.
Symposium III: Kentucky and the Constitution, June 12-13, Russell Theatre, Maysville
Symposium IV: Kentucky, Emancipation and the Civil War, September 17-18, downtown Paducah (locations TBD)
For registration information, email Tressa Brown or call 502-564-7005, ext. 125.
Keep Your Party Hat On!
Introducing the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail Summer Promotion 2009
16-Week Promotion, 16 Weekly Prizes in honor of our 16th President
As summer approaches, the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail is proudly poised to welcome visitors to the Commonwealth seeking to learn more about President Abraham Lincoln during this bicentennial year of his birth.
The Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail is a scenic driving trail across central Kentucky highlighting historic sites that in some way shaped the Lincoln legacy and influenced the president throughout his life. This summer, visitors to trail sites will once again have an added incentive to learn first-hand about the Kentucky places important in the life of our 16th President, his family and friends.
The Kentucky Heritage Council has announced a new promotion in conjunction with the nearly 20 sites featured along the heritage trail. The 2009 Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail Passport promotion will kick-off Memorial Day weekend and culminate in a grand-prize giveaway over the Labor Day holiday. As happened last summer, the passport promotion is intended to encourage travelers to make Kentucky and the heritage trail their destination.
Trail travelers start by acquiring a passport map at any Lincoln site or Kentucky Interstate Welcome Center, then collect customized passport stamps from Lincoln sites along the heritage trail. Once travelers have received 10 stamps from any 10 sites, they may go online to register by recording what sites they have visited, and when. For the summer 2009 promotion, one site will be highlighted each week and offer special Lincoln-related prizes to trail travelers – including hats, mugs and commemorative Lincoln bicentennial items. Then in conjunction with the Labor Day holiday, a grand-prize drawing will take place for a gift basket worth $200 in celebration of Lincoln’s 200th birthday.
And, visitors to any Lincoln site can obtain a free Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail window cling for their car or home.
Complete details for the summer promotion will be announced soon during May, National Historic Preservation Month. The calendar of featured sites will be posted on the trail Web site and in press releases, and a link will be available for travelers to log the sites they have visited. The trail will also be marketed extensively through interstate welcome centers and by the sites themselves, and thanks to the Kentucky Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, will be featured in a series of ads on Louisville public radio.
Trail travelers are also encouraged to post photos of their Lincoln site visits to the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail Flickr Web site.
The Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail is a project of the Kentucky Heritage Council in partnership with the Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Kentucky Department of Travel and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
More information about each of the sites and other Lincoln-related and local places of interest is available at the trail Web site, http://www.kylincolntrail.com
And, the February 2009 KY Lincoln Heritage Trail Passport Prize Package Winners are:
Ronald and Sue King of Danville! Congratulations!
The Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail is a scenic driving trail across central Kentucky highlighting more than a dozen historic sites associated with President Lincoln, his family and friends – places that in some way influenced him throughout his life and shaped the Lincoln legacy. The trail Passport Program is a fun incentive to encourage travelers to make Kentucky and the heritage trail their destination. Be sure to have your passport map stamped as you visit sites along the trail!
Learn more about the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail and Passport program.
... to the Kentucky Heritage Council / State Historic Preservation Office Web site. Our mission is to identify, preserve and protect the cultural resources of Kentucky. Heritage Council staff administer all state and federal historic preservation and incentive programs in Kentucky, including the National Register of Historic Places. Sixteen Kentucky Heritage Council members are appointed by the governor of the state to serve four year terms on the Heritage Council. Council members live across the state representing the citizens of the Commonwealth and engaging in historic preservation projects.
The Heritage Council is a repository of a priceless assemblage of survey forms, maps, photographs and other images in its unique archival collection of inventories of historic structures and archaeological sites in the state. Our rural heritage is highlighted in a variety of programs including the Kentucky Crossroads Rural Heritage Development Initiative, an rural preservation/economic development partnership with Preservation Kentucky. The Kentucky Archaeological Survey, a partnership with the University of Kentucky Department of Anthropology, promotes the preservation of archaeological sites and educates the public about protecting these resources.
The Heritage Council seeks to build a greater awareness of Kentucky's historic places and to encourage the long-term preservation of Kentucky's significant cultural resources. Kentucky leads the nation in the number of Preserve America communities, is fourth in the number of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and offers a statewide income tax credit for rehabilitation projects.