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Any museum curator will tell you that putting together an exhibit that effectively tells a compelling story, perhaps addressing myths or highlighting underappreciated achievements, is a challenge under any circumstance. So, it’s no surprise that it took awhile for the Kentucky Historical Society in Frankfort to roll out a comprehensive past and present tribute to Kentucky’s women in uniform.But now “Our Stories, Our Service: Kentucky’s Women Veterans” is ready for you to come and experience for yourself. WUKY's Alan Lytle recently did just that with curator Julie Maio Kemper.
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The Kentucky Historical Society and WUKY are back with another episode of 120: Common Threads of Kentucky History. This week we discover and discuss a…
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The Kentucky Historical Society and ABC 36 are bringing some of the stories behind the creepiest artifacts in the KHS collection to a TV near you just in…
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No fans in the stands, a Labor Day weekend start date. This year's Kentucky Derby is one for the history books. And speaking of history, WUKY News…
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In March 1856, a dead body washed onto the shore of the Mississippi River. The body belonged to a man who had been a passenger on the luxurious steamboat…
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The possibility of having the General Assembly determine who won this year’s gubernatorial election is stirring memories of the last time such an event…
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The notorious conflict between the Hatfield and the McCoy families of West Virginia and Kentucky is often remembered as America’s most famous feud, but it…
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With the start of another fall meet at Keeneland at hand, few would argue that Horse Racing and the Commonwealth of Kentucky are synonymous, but some of…
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How much do you know about Plessy versus Ferguson, the 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that protected segregation through the concept “separate but…
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In the wake of the Civil War, a former Union soldier and a former Confederate soldier faced off in a duel with pistols, near the Scott-Fayette County…