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Pirates! I Said Pirates! They’re Coming to the Frazier Museum
I saw a Pirates exhibit at the Field Museum in Chicago a couple years and enjoyed it very much so I’m really looking forward to the exhibit opening next Saturday, May 15 at the Frazier International History Museum because seriously, pirates are just cool. OK not modern pirates who are taking over ships and hostages [...]
Continue reading...Get Interactive with Farmington’s Mobile Grounds Tour (and win prizes!)
8. April 2010
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Applause, applause, applause to Farmington for rolling out a cool new game merging technology, history and adventure. Farmington has introduced a new mobile grounds tour, accessible via the text messaging function of any mobile phone. The mobile tour supplements an existing self-guided grounds tour brochure, which provides a map of the property and information about [...]
Continue reading...Culture, Continuity and U.S. Foreign Policy Lecture
24. March 2010
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The title of an upcoming lecture at UofL certainly caught my attention. “Culture, Continuity and U.S. Foreign Policy” will be presented by historian and author Walter Hixson. Hixson, a University of Akron history professor, is expected to talk about the cultural roots of U.S. foreign relations and explain why the nation’s foreign policy has remained [...]
Continue reading...Louisville’s Butchertown Book Giveaway
2. February 2010
There’s a new book out called Louisville’s Butchertown and Broken Sidewalk did a really brilliant write-up of it yesterday. Go ahead and read it, I’ll wait. Done? OK great. So now you know how cool the book is and lucky for you I’ve got two copies to give away. To be entered to win just [...]
Continue reading...Introductory Session on Researching Your Family Tree at Locust Grove
18. November 2009
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My aunt Donna did a bunch of research on the maternal side of my family tree when I was in high school. Thank goodness she did because it made the genealogy project I had to do in school so much easier. Because of her research I know that we’re descendants of Sir Francis Drake (argh! [...]
Continue reading...Remembering Louisville in the 1960s: Freedom Fighters, Police Repression and the Right to Free Speech
10. November 2009
Well this is certainly a piece of Kentucky history that I’d never heard about. The Louisville Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists is co-sponsoring a public forum on the First Amendment and the struggle for civil rights in Kentucky. The program called “Remembering Louisville in the 1960s: Freedom Fighters, Police Repression and the [...]
Continue reading...Do You Have the 49th Story?
29. October 2009
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The Frazier International History Museum has a very interesting exhibit running currently and they’re looking for a little class participation. WW II: 48 Local Stories That Changed The World shares the WWII stories of 48 locals and the Frazier Museum is looking for a 49th. Secure a place in history for someone you know who [...]
Continue reading...Free Museum Day Tomorrow September 26, 2009
25. September 2009
I got a tip about Free Museum Day tomorrow (thanks Robert!). It’s a national project spearheaded by the Smithsonian. According to their website you need to print a free admission card to get in for free at participating museums. In Louisville the participating museums are: Frazier International History MuseumLouisville Slugger MuseumLocust Grove
Continue reading...The Other Side of the Great Compromiser September 17, 2009
15. September 2009
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Admittedly I know very little about Henry Clay. I should be ashamed for this lack of knowledge on my part both because of his important role in history and just because he sounds like someone you’d like to know about. I mean anyone whose “sins” include frequent duels has got to be a pretty interesting [...]
Continue reading...First Friday August 2009 Edition
3. August 2009
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How did the first Friday of August sneak up on us like this? I don’t know but here it is. Here’s what the Frazier Museum has going on for First Friday: Join us on Friday, August 7 for the First Friday Trolley Hop! SemiCIRCUS rocks 70s and 80s-era pop, along with current artists to round [...]
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- LVL1 Boneyard Hackathon
- Get to Know Your Parks: Joe Creason
- Volunteer Days at Fox Hollow Farm
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