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Medal of Honor Marker

Cow Creek Skirmish

In a skirmish, between Union soldiers guarding a civilian wagon and Confederate forces, 13 civilians and 3 Union soldiers died. This tablet is dedicated to the fallen.

The Republican-led House of Representatives in Kentucky passes a bill placing authority over the removal or addition of statues to the Capitol building rotunda in the hands of lawmakers. Republican state Representative David Hale denies that there is any connection between the bill and the removal of the Jefferson Davis statue in 2020.

Juneteenth is celebrated as a federal holiday for the first time. The anniversary commemorates the ending of slavery in the US, and recalls the celebrations held by Black communities across the States in the Civil War’s immediate aftermath.

The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act is signed into law by President Joe Biden.

After years of community protest, Kentucky's Historic Properties Advisory Commission votes to remove the statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the Kentucky State Capitol.

Protests against police brutality and institutionalised, historic racism take place across Kentucky,

George Floyd killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, MN. His death gives rise to worldwide protests against historic racism and police brutality, and the Black Lives Matter movement.

Breonna Taylor shot and killed by armed police in her home, during a drugs investigation raid in Louisville, KY.

Camp Nelson is designated a National Monument by President Donald J. Trump under the Antiquities Act.

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