Keep Your Party Hat On!
 Introducing the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail Summer Promotion 2009
16-Week Promotion, 16 Weekly Prizes in honor of our 16th President
With summer here, the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail is proudly poised to welcome visitors to the Commonwealth seeking to learn more about President Abraham Lincoln during this bicentennial year of his birth.
The Kentucky Heritage Council has announced a new promotion in conjunction with the nearly 20 sites featured along the heritage trail, which got underway Memorial Day weekend at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park. Trail travelers start by acquiring a passport map at any Lincoln site or participating Kentucky Interstate Welcome Center, then collect customized passport stamps from Lincoln sites along the way. Once travelers have received 10 stamps from any 10 sites, they may go online at the trail Web site, www.kylincolntrail.com, to register what sites were visited and when.
From now through September 6, one site along the trail is being highlighted weekly. Each Saturday, the first 16 visitors to the designated site will receive a special Lincoln-related prize such as a hat, mug or other items commemorating the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth. Then in conjunction with the Labor Day holiday, a grand-prize drawing will take place for a gift basket worth $200 in celebration of Lincoln’s 200th birthday. Click here for a calendar of featured sites!
And, visitors to any Lincoln site can obtain a free Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail window cling for their car or home.
The Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail is a scenic driving trail across central Kentucky highlighting historic sites that in some way shaped the Lincoln legacy and influenced the president throughout his life. This summer, visitors to trail sites will once again have an added incentive to learn first-hand about the Kentucky places important in the life of our 16th President, his family and friends.
Trail travelers are encouraged to post photos of their Lincoln site visits to the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail Flickr Web site. 
The Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail is a project of the Kentucky Heritage Council in partnership with the Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, Kentucky Department of Travel and Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
More information about each of the sites and other Lincoln-related and local places of interest is available at the trail Web site, www.kylincolntrail.com.
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... to the Kentucky Heritage Council / State Historic Preservation Office Web site. Our mission is to identify, preserve and protect the cultural resources of Kentucky. Heritage Council staff administer all state and federal historic preservation and incentive programs in Kentucky, including the National Register of Historic Places. Sixteen Kentucky Heritage Council members are appointed by the governor of the state to serve four year terms on the Heritage Council. Council members live across the state representing the citizens of the Commonwealth and engaging in historic preservation projects.
The Heritage Council is a repository of a priceless assemblage of survey forms, maps, photographs and other images in its unique archival collection of inventories of historic structures and archaeological sites in the state. Our rural heritage is highlighted in a variety of programs including the Kentucky Crossroads Rural Heritage Development Initiative, an rural preservation/economic development partnership with Preservation Kentucky. The Kentucky Archaeological Survey, a partnership with the University of Kentucky Department of Anthropology, promotes the preservation of archaeological sites and educates the public about protecting these resources.
The Heritage Council seeks to build a greater awareness of Kentucky's historic places and to encourage the long-term preservation of Kentucky's significant cultural resources. Kentucky leads the nation in the number of Preserve America communities, is fourth in the number of properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and offers a statewide income tax credit for rehabilitation projects.
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Recent Kentucky Heritage Council Press Releases |
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- 2009 Southeastern Native American Education Summit call for abstracts
Thursday, July 02, 2009
Abstracts are now being accepted for the first-ever 2009 Southeastern Native American Education Summit, planned November 20-21 in Bowling Green, presented by the Kentucky Native American Heritage Commission in partnership with the Western Kentucky University Office of Diversity Programs and Kentucky Commission on Human Rights, among others. Submission deadline is Friday, July 31.
- Lincoln sites to be featured at KY Interstate Welcome Centers over July 4 holiday
Wednesday, July 01, 2009
This holiday weekend, welcome centers in Berea, Bullitt County, Christian County, Florence, Franklin, Grayson, Horse Cave, Paducah, Shelby County and Williamsburg will be featured as part of a summer promotion highlighting the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail. The first 16 visitors to each welcome center will receive a specially packaged Lincoln penny commemorating the bicentennial, and welcome center representatives will be promoting trail sites and stamping trail passports.
- 2009 Pine Mountain School for Practical Historic Preservation hands-on training workshops begin in July
Monday, June 15, 2009
Preservation and restoration of historic windows and square-log buildings, and dry stone wall construction will be featured training workshops during the 2009 Pine Mountain School for Practical Historic Preservation series, beginning next month at Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County, a partnership of the school and Kentucky Heritage Council / State Historic Preservation Office.
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