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Event: Camp Nelson National Cemetery is added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Event: Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park is established by the Jessamine County Fiscal Court, using local, State, and federal funds to preserve land, construct a visitor center and replica barracks, reconstruct a fort, and create a network of walking trails.

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Event: The Colored Soldiers Monument at Green Hill Cemetery is one of 61 different monuments related to Kentucky’s Civil War history to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Nicholasville Confederate Memorial is another.

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Event: Archaeological excavations of the former Home for Colored Refugees at Camp Nelson takes place, led by University of Kentucky.

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Event: Between 1992-2001, 500 acres of former Camp Nelson land is purchased by Jessamine County and the efforts to establish Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park begin.

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Event: Camp Nelson Restoration and Preservation Foundation is created to assist preservation efforts (local and regional citizens, some descendants of CANE soldiers, Black and white

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Event: After planned highway construction raises local concern for the former Camp Nelson grounds, Kentucky Heritage Council award Jessamine County Fiscal Court a grant to produce a preservation management plan for the site. The Camp Nelson Restoration and Preservation Foundation.

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Event: Following a campaign led by Mae Street Kidd, Kentucky General Assembly ratifies the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, a century after they became law.

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Event: Between 1972 and 1977, Father Ralph Beiting of the Christian Appalachian Project works to revitalize the Camp Nelson area into an historic tourist destination. His efforts include the transformation of an old distillery building into a space to exhibit research carried out at the National Archives, and the installation of a ski lift to connect the area with Fort Bramlett. The project is abandoned following severe storms and consequent flooding.

View the items in Event: Between 1972 and 1977, Father Ralph Beiting of the Christian Appalachian Project works to revitalize the Camp Nelson area into an historic tourist destination. His efforts include the transformation of an old distillery building into a space to exhibit research carried out at the National Archives, and the installation of a ski lift to connect the area with Fort Bramlett. The project is abandoned following severe storms and consequent flooding.

Event: Kentucky Governor Ned Breathitt signs the State’s Civil Rights Act. It is recognized by Martin Luther King, Jr., as “the strongest and most important comprehensive civil-rights bill passed by a southern state.” It ends racial discrimination in public places throughout the state, and, on the recommendation of Republican Representative Jesse Warders, the only Black member of the General Assembly, repeals dead-letter segregation laws including the “Day Law.”

View the items in Event: Kentucky Governor Ned Breathitt signs the State’s Civil Rights Act. It is recognized by Martin Luther King, Jr., as “the strongest and most important comprehensive civil-rights bill passed by a southern state.” It ends racial discrimination in public places throughout the state, and, on the recommendation of Republican Representative Jesse Warders, the only Black member of the General Assembly, repeals dead-letter segregation laws including the “Day Law.”