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General Content Websites
by Graphic Enterprises
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The Long Run Massacre
hosted by
The Painted Stone Settlers
September 6-7, 2024 Shelbyville, KY
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Photos by Kathy Cummings
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The Fair at New Boston
Springfield, Ohio
Labor Day Weekend 2024
Photos by Kathy Cummings
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See the Photos
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The Spirit of Vincennes Rendezvous
Annual event on Memorial Day Weekend. May 25, 2024
Photos by Kathy Cummings
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The Siege of Fort Randolph
May 18, 2024 Point Pleasant, WV
Photos by Kathy Cummings
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The Colonial Experience
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Natural Tunnel State Park Duffield, Virginia
April 20 - 21, 2024
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Locust Grove Market Fair 2023
Historic Locust Grove Louisville, Kentucky
October 28, 2023
Photos by Kathy Cummings
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While much goes on on the battlefield and in the camps there is also activity in the kitchen. Here several women were preparing food for the evening meal for re-enactors in their unit. The kitchen like most of those during the time period was detached from the main house. This allowed for keeping the house cooler during the summer and also lowered the risk of fire for the large estate house.
A smaller event this year than in previous years, the event was further hampered by continuing rain and was canceled on Sunday so re-enactors could leave with somewhat dry canvas.
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See the Photos!
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Fort Massac 2023
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October 21, 2023 Metropolis, IL Photos by Kathy Cummings
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The fort that was home to many groups over the years welcomed re-enactors on this weekend. Built by the French during the French & Indian War, revised by The Americans during the revolution it was put back into service during the War of 1812. So during the re-enactment weekend all of those groups are welcomed and bring their various units to the event.
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Mississinewa 1812
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Photos by Kathy Cummings
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October 13-15, 2023 Marion, Indiana
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The War of 1812 is known for things like burning the White House, the Star Spangled Banner and , the Battle of New Orleans. The war was conducted in three theaters: - At sea, principally the Atlantic Ocean and the American east coast, the Southern States and southwestern territories and the Great Lakes and the Canadian Frontier. It was the land around the Great Lakes most notably the Mississinewa River valley that was believed to be home to Indian groups sheltering there. Federal troops numbering over 600 left Ohio in late November.
The actual Battle of Mississinewa took place on December 9th. Although the re-enactment is not an actual re-enactment of that day it does represent the British troops that came out of Canada, the native tribes living in the area and the American troops coming out of Ohio. It is the largest War of 1812 event in the country. And just like in that era, re-enactors come from Canada, the Northwest Territory (which consisted of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois) and even Kentucky. (Of the approximately 24,000 Kentuckians who served during the war, 1,200 were casualties. Sixty-four percent of the Americans killed in the War of 1812 were Kentuckians.)
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Despite overcast skies on Saturday the view of the mountains was as spectacular as ever at Martin’s Station. Re-enactors gathered to talk, share and enjoy history. The program this year was much more heavily based on learning. There were some of the best names in 18th Century living to give talks, seminars and demonstrations to both the re-enactors and the visiting public. See the photos.
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Bowmanfest - 100 years at Bowman Field
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Photos by Kathy Cummings
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Planes were on the ground and in the air at Oct 1-2 , 2022 Bowmanfest. A festival celebrating 100 years of the airport in Louisville, KY. Visitors could walk aboard a C130 or pay to fly in small private planes or helicopters. There was an ongoing air show, food trucks and a car show. There was something for a=everyone in the family.
See the photos
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Free From the Grasp of Slavery
Part I: Delia Webster Aided Many on Their Journey to Freedom
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By Helen E. McKinney
Delia Ann Webster was a conductor on one of the most famous railroads in the world: the Underground Railroad. Her determination to aid those fleeing north in search of freedom has kept the memory of this courageous woman alive, when sadly many of the names of those she aided has long been forgotten.
In honor of Black History Month, Delia’s story deserves another retelling. She earned fame as a conductor on the Underground Railroad when she lived in Trimble Co., KY and across the river in Madison, IN. Read More....
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Read Part 2 of the Delia Webster Story
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As we enter into 2021 there is still plenty of quarantine time in our future. The world has not opened up yet and events - if they happen this year are still at least several months away.
So if you are spending this down time reading we have another book recommendation.
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“Thus Fell Tecumseh”
by Frank E. Kuron
A book review by Helen E. McKinney
The life and death of Tecumseh “was a true story and too good not to share,” said author Frank E. Kuron. The Ohio native recounts the last days surrounding Tecumseh’s life and death in “Thus Fell Tecumseh”. He pens the story of the renowned Native warrior and leader who left a legacy and an unsolved mystery upon his death. Read more...
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Ted Franklin Belue’s New Book
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FINDING DANIEL BOONE: HIS LAST DAYS
IN MISSOURI & THE STRANGE FATE
OF HIS REMAINS.
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On the eve of Colonel’s Boone’s death bicentennial the new book, Finding Daniel Boone: His Last Days in Missouri & the Strange Fate of His Remains, was released on September 26, 2020.
Part biography, part historical travelogue, and eloquently narrated, Finding Daniel Boone is the first book to explore Boone’s life in Missouri and offer closure to his greatest mystery: Where is he buried? After he and his wife were reinterred in Kentucky, rumors circulated an African-American slave had been buried in his place, a debate that rages 200 years after the hunter’s death.
A radical departure from the frontiersman’s earlier bios, Finding Daniel Boone utilizes fresh sources, rare photos, never-before-seen forensic data, family records, and historic art to juxtapose Daniel’s world alongside Belue’s as he journeys from his Missouri grave to his Kentucky grave, unraveling the burial tale and meeting a host of colorful characters, while describing Boone’s trails and exploits.
Belue says “This is more than just a search for a man’s bones. As little has been written about Boone’s Missouri endeavors, my intriguingly unfolding chronicle is as much about the legendary pathfinder’s life as about his death. “
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John Colter Left His Mark on the American West
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Friendship with Nathan Boone
and Ties to the
Nine Young Men From Kentucky
By Helen E. McKinney
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Read the article...
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