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Camp Nelson National Monument Winter Lectures Series
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Free.Location: LAT/LONG: 37.797412, -84.600209
Camp Nelson National Monument 6614 Danville Road, Loop 2 Nicholasville, Kentucky 40356
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Camp Nelson National Monument is launching our inaugural Winter Lecture Series starting in January 2022!
The special programs feature guest speakers who present on a topic related to the Civil War Era. The presentations will take place at the park on select Saturdays starting at 11:00am. The programs are free and open to the public.
April 16, 2022: Kentucky’s Road to Loyalty: Secession, Neutrality, and War in 1861
Kentucky is often remembered as a neutral state during the Civil War, but its period of official neutrality only lasted for a few months in 1861. In reality, loyal and secessionist political coalitions used the policy of neutrality to jockey for political and paramilitary position and bring the largest border slaveholding state onto their side. The political turmoil of 1861 led to the establishment of the vicinity of Camp Nelson becoming the heart of the Union military effort in the southern Bluegrass and laid the foundations for the coming of emancipation and freedom four years later. Dr. Patrick Lewis, Director of Collections and Research at the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, will cover Kentucky’s road to war in detail and discuss its long shadow over the state.
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Patrick Lewis