Our Rich History: Memorial Day: Revisiting the role of Covington in our nation’s Civil War
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Our Rich History: Letter to Lincoln tells the tale of Boone County, Civil War, and Tousey-Stevenson family
By Tracey Howerton Special to NKyTribune Have you ever written a letter to the President of the United States? Dr….
BCM’s Jan. 28 NKY History Hour to explore impact of region’s women on the home front during Civil War
When war called the men of Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati to the frontlines, it was women who kept their communities…
Kentucky by Heart: PBS documentary seeks to find burial locations from 1865 Civil War massacre
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist Some 80 men of Company E of the 5th US Colored Cavalry were driving a…
Our Rich History: Cincinnati’s German regiments during the Siege of Cincinnati
By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Special to NKyTribune In an article previously published in the Northern Kentucky Tribune (7 June 2021)…
Our Rich History: Harriet ‘Hattie’ Clark Clary Watkins embodied the spirit of the women who built America
By Paul A. Tenkotte, PhD Special to NKyTribune Editor’s note: Part 1 of an occasional series entitled, “Reviving Lost Voices…
Explore Cincinnati’s role in the Civil War with author Peter Bronson during April 2 NKY History Hour
In just three days, a young general in the Union Army turned the defenseless, panicked city of Cincinnati into a…
Kentucky by Heart: Visit to Mary Todd Lincoln House offers up-close look at one of KY’s iconic figures
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist For my wife, Suzanne, a trip to the Mary Todd Lincoln House (MTLH), in Lexington,…
BCPL Borderlands Archive and History Center to unveil monument at Florence Cemetary Nov. 2
Boone County Public Library’s Borderlands Archive and History Center will unveil a memorial monument at the historic Florence Cemetery, located…
Kentucky by Heart: Camp Nelson National Monument offers awe-inspiring look back at America’s Civil War
By Steve Flairty NKyTribune columnist A drive down Highway 27 just south of Nicholasville and approaching Camp Nelson National Monument…
Constance Alexander: Dr. Alicestyne Turley sets the record straight on African Americans in the Civil War
“How many teachers? How many military? Any historians?” Dr. Alicestyne Turley polled the audience as she began her recent “Evening…
George Kent founded Hate2Debate to help people understand each other — and restore civility
By Andy Furman NKyTribune Reporter George Kent certainly knows about choices. He made plenty in his lifetime. Kent received his…
Perryville Battlefield to host national Civil War reenactment Oct. 8-9 at Boyle County historic site
Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site will host a national Civil War reenactment for the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of…
Our Rich History: Honoring Cincinnati’s German regiments who heeded the call during the Civil War
By Don Heinrich Tolzmann Special to NKyTribune When the Civil War broke out, Cincinnati’s Germans heeded President Lincoln’s call to…
Chris McDaniel: This Memorial Day, let us appreciate the blessings of freedom like never before
Last Memorial Day, we were all experiencing an absence of normality due to COVID-19. At that time, we realized that…
Rebecca Bryan Boone Chapter of the DAR will clean historic gravestones in Evergreen Cemetery
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL NEXT WEEK IN ANTICIPATION OF RAIN SATURDAY Rebecca Bryan Boone Chapter of the DAR…
Constance Alexander: Teaching the history of our country is hard enough, but living it is even harder
Schools are not adequately teaching the history of American slavery, educators are not sufficiently prepared to teach it, textbooks do…
New book ‘Murder on the Ohio Belle’ is topic of NKY History Hour this Wednesday evening
In March 1856, a dead body washed onto the shore of the Mississippi River with its arms and legs tied…
Stuart Sanders: Bemoaning statues? Then support places where history actually happened
Confederate monuments are in the crosshairs. Officials in Virginia, North Carolina, Alabama and beyond are calling for the removal of…
Our Rich History: Organizing for action — women’s suffrage in Northern Kentucky
Part 30 of our series, “Resilience and Renaissance: Newport Kentucky, 1795-2020″ and Part 1 of our series: Organizing for Action:…
Art Lander’s Outdoors: James Henshall moves to Cincinnati where Black Bass odyssey began
Editor’s note: This is the second of three articles on the life and work of the father of bass fishing…
Wreaths Across America puts 10,000 evergreen wreaths on Camp Nelson National Cemetery graves
Wreaths Across America presented a program and laid over 10,000 live evergreen wreaths on graves at Camp Nelson National Cemetery…