Kentucky Historical Society
HistoryMobile to Visit Kentucky Book Fair

FRANKFORT, Ky. (Oct. 28, 2010)— Kentucky Book Fair visitors will have an opportunity to explore "Kentucky's Abraham Lincoln" when they visit the HistoryMobile from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13. The HistoryMobile will be located between the Frankfort Convention Center and the Fountain Place Shoppes.

This experience, which is free and open to the public, is provided by the Kentucky Historical Society (KHS).

The KHS HistoryMobile is a mobile museum featuring exhibits on Kentucky history. Housed in a 45-foot tractor-trailer, the 300-square-foot exhibit explores Lincoln's frontier childhood, his career from log house to the White House and his struggles to end slavery and lead the nation through the Civil War. The HistoryMobile will visit communities and school campuses throughout the state during the next year. 

The KHS HistoryMobile program is made possible by the generosity of the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels, the Pilot Corporation and the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation.

Since 1973, this program has presented a wide variety of exhibits on Kentucky history to at least one million Kentuckians, half of which have been students.

For more information on the KHS HistoryMobile or to schedule the HistoryMobile for your community, contact Warren Greer, HistoryMobile program coordinator, at 502-564-1792.

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An agency of the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet, the Kentucky Historical Society, established in 1836, is committed to helping people understand, cherish and share Kentucky's history. The KHS history campus includes The Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History, Old State Capitol and Kentucky Military History Museum at the Old State Arsenal.  For more information about the Kentucky Historical Society and its programs, visit the website at www.history.ky.gov.