History Lesson

They want to weave color, combined with history, through the county - with quilts. The Art Depository has started a quilting project which will put Jessamine County on both the Kentucky and National Quilt Trails. The National Quilt Trail originated six years ago in Adams County, Ohio when Donna Sue Groves painted a quilt square for her mother and mounted it on the barn. The idea quickly caught on and can be mapped through several states. Mary Kuster, gallery director at the Art Depository, is currently coordinating the project here in Jessamine County.

Crab Orchard Elementary School students learned about the city's Civil War history with a visit to the local cemetery May 3. Lincoln County Property Valuation Administrator David Gambrel gave a Crab Orchard Cemetery Civil War tour to the fourth and fifth graders to complement their history studies. Numerous people buried at the cemetery fought in the Civil War - some for the Confederates and others for the Union. Some student weren't even aware that the cemetery existed and teacher Emily Manier said the experience allowed the children to learn about the town's history.

PERRYVILLE ? For Phyllis Barnett a trip to the Perryville Battlefield on Saturday meant reliving her childhood. The Floyds Knobs, Ind., resident drove down for the re-enactment of the Battle of Perryville to enjoy a part of history and spend time with friends. This year marks the 147th anniversary of the Civil War battle of Perryville. Union and Confederate soldiers, and civilian re-enactors walked among spectators Saturday afternoon giving people a taste of life in 1862. Joni House, preservation specialist and program coordinator at Perryville Battlefield, said this weekend's re-enactment, which continues today, could bring anywhere from 1,000 to 10,000 people to the community.

Boyle County is getting three chances to rewrite its volleyball history in this week's regional tournament, and so far the Rebels are 2-for-2. But the one that still lies ahead is the one that matters most. Boyle will be the first area team to play for a regional championship when it hosts Southwestern tonight in the 12th Region Tournament final, and its players are hoping they can also become the first to win one. The Rebels got their chance after beating Pulaski County 25-23, 26-24 in a semifinal match Wednesday night.

Although she’d only been in Egypt for five months, Morgan Smith knew about Police Day, a two-year-old national holiday celebrated on Jan. 25.   She understood the day honored policemen who resisted British demands in 1952. But she also realized that Police Day 2011 would not be cause for celebration.  “‘A day of Anger’ is what they were calling it,” she said.  Egyptian anger did not subside after one day, though. It escalated into 18-days of protests, some of which Smith witnessed from her apartment window in Alexandria, Egypt.

Boyle Landmark Trust will host an open house 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Willis Russell House on East Walnut Street.    Information will be available about Russell, who opened the first school in the early 1800s for black children in Danville. Charles Gray of Danville, who has been researching the life of Professor John Bate, will talk about Bate's life as an educator.  Other history and exhibits of the period will be on display, said Barbara Hulette, president of the Landmark Trust, which owns the Russell House.

NAMI TO MEET The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) will hold support groups four people affected by mental illness at 7 p.m., Monday, March 17 at the Victory Heights Center for Achievement, 150 Maryland Ave. For more information contact, 744-6985 or 737-3384. CHURCH HISTORY LESSON Cova Duvall will be presenting the history of Corinth Baptist Church in Trapp. Ms. Duvall will describe the church in the 1950s through a slide show presentation. The walk down memory lane will take place during the Sunday evening service beginning at 6:30 p.m. For more information contact 744-0018.

LANCASTER - The spring that helped give birth to Lancaster more than 200 years ago was officially marked Friday for it's historical significance. The Lancaster Public Springs marker was erected on U.S. 39 North, about 100 yards off of U.S. 27, near the Martin Luther King neighborhood. Sen. Tom Buford, R-Nicholasville, was on hand to speak personally about what the dedication meant to him. "You're sitting on a gold mine," Buford said in reference to the town. "And we'd like to see it develop even more down here.

BOYLE Danville: 5:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday Junction City: 5-7 p.m. Saturday Perryville: 5-9 p.m. Saturday LINCOLN Stanford: 6-8 p.m. Saturday Crab Orchard: 5-8 p.m. Saturday Hustonville: 5-7 p.m. Saturday GARRARD Lancaster: 6-8 p.m. Saturday MERCER Harrodsburg: 6-8 p.m. Saturday Burgin: 6-8 p.m. Saturday CASEY Liberty: ...

A 1925 vintage steam locomotive made its first journey in 17 years last week — but this time it was the one being pulled, not the one pulling. The locomotive was brought to Riney-B Park in Nicholasville from Paris, Ky., where it had been in storage since 1993. It came to Jessamine County after a call to Jessamine County Judge-Executive Neal Cassity from Wes Ross, president of the Kentucky Central Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. “[Ross] informed Judge Cassity that they had some train cars and wanted to know if we might be interested in displaying them somewhere or had a location to display them,” said Magistrate George Dean, who handled the logistics of making the move.