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One-Year Anniversary Ribbon Cutting Event at Knob Creek Tavern
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Welcome Home - The Knob Creek Tavern Grand Ribbon Cutting and One Year Anniversary!
10:00 am - Knob Creek Tavern Visitors Center is open to the public (ongoing).
10:00 am - Capture YOUR Memories of a Place. What are YOUR recollections of the Knob Creek Place? Do you remember visiting the Tavern as a child? Do you remember playing in the creek and walking the fields? We want to hear about it. Throughout the day, please visit the “Tent of Memories” as we collect your stories through voice recordings or writings. Photos, old memorabilia and family artifacts are encouraged and will be photographed for the historical record. Services done by Family Tree Nuts.
10:00 am - Art in the Park! Express your creative side with a drawing or painting of the Knob Creek Farm and pin on the provided clothesline to share with visitors. Your participation in this activity will help create a “revolving” art display for visitors to see throughout the day.10:30 am - Flag Raising Ceremony by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vine Grove Chapter, under Commander Kathi McElroy.
11:00 am - Grandpa Jones: Country Music and Comic. Kentucky Humanities Kentucky Chautauqua Presentation featuring a Grandpa Jones portrayal by David Hurt. You won’t want to miss this chance to see history and music come to life as “Grandpa Jones” returns to perform at the Knob Creek Tavern!
11:00 am - The Raptor Rehab of Kentucky! Come met birds of prey and have an up-close encounter with these amazing animals! Event will be ongoing until 3 pm.11:30 am - Fitness Walk or Run to the Knob Creek Overlook. Participants choice of activity level as one group will run to the Overlook and the second group will walk/hike this moderately challenging trail.
11:00 am - “The Living Farm” -Living history frontier life demonstrations by living historians include hearth cooking, blacksmithing and Lincoln too! Features Eric Johnson, well known historian and blacksmith.
12:00 pm - “The Natural World- The Flora and Fauna of Knob Creek Tour” Naturalist Mr. Robert Bean, Kentucky State Forester will explore the wonders of the Lincoln farm. One hour.12:30 pm – An American Music Hall with One Lane Bridge.1:30 pm - Knob Creek Tavern Visitor Center Ribbon Cutting and 1st Anniversary Ceremony.
2:30 pm – An American Music Hall with One Lane Bridge.
3:30 pm - Readings of Change. Students will share works inspired by Lincoln’s life commitment to freedom and equality.
3:55 pm - Farewell from President Lincoln.4: 00 pm - Knob Creek Unit closes.
Sign Language Interpreters from the Northern Kentucky School for the Deaf are supported by the Lincoln Museum through a grant from the KY Humanities Council.