The War in Kentucky
Community Events
Leading up to the premiere of Ken Burns’ The War, our Friends of KET volunteers hosted 14 events around Kentucky to honor the service of Kentuckians during World War II, both in battle and on the homefront.
A total of more than 1,000 people attended these community gatherings, which featured presentations honoring veterans and the WWII generation, plus screenings of a special preview reel of The War and KET’s production Kentucky WWII Veterans: In Their Own Words. We’ll be posting photos and other specifics soon. In the meantime, thank you to the community volunteers and event site staffs who made it happen, to the World War II veterans who joined us, and to the friends and neighbors who turned out to honor them at these locations:
Bowling Green
Kentucky Library and Museum at Western Kentucky University
September 18
Carlisle
The Neal Welcome Center
September 22
Elizabethtown
Nolin RECC
September 11
Erlanger
Kenton County Public Library
September 21
Frankfort
Kentucky State University
September 17
Fulton
Pontotoc Community Center
September 20
Hazard
Hal Rogers Center
September 13
Henderson
Wolf’s Banquet & Convention Center
September 20
Lexington
The Aviation Museum of Kentucky
September 22
Louisville
Louisville Science Center
September 19
Madisonville
American Legion Hall
September 18
Morehead
Morehead Conference Center
September 20
Murray
Murray Woman’s Club
September 13
Somerset
Somerset Community College
September 10
