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SUMMARY:Speaker at Camp Nelson
DESCRIPTION:Join the National Park Service (NPS) for the 5th Annual Winter Lecture Series at Camp Nelson National Monument! The special programs feature guest speakers who present on a variety of topic related to the Civil War Era. The presentations take place at the park’s Reconstructed Barracks on select Saturdays. The programs are free and open to the public. \nMarch 28\, 2026 \n11:00 AM – “As Humanity Will Permit”: The Closing of Camp Nelson in 1865-66 \nThe US Army officially deactivated Camp Nelson in 1866 after the Civil War. The base was dismantled\, the materials of war were removed\, and most US soldiers were mustered out of service. However\, the future for US Colored Troops soldiers and their families and other recently emancipated people was uncertain\, precarious\, and deadly as unofficial reconstruction emerges in post-war Kentucky. \nSteve T. Phan\, Chief of Interpretation\, Education\, and Visitor Services at Camp Nelson National Monument\, delivers the program.
URL:https://wilmore.org/event/speaker-at-camp-nelson/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20250927T100000
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SUMMARY:Camp Nelson Volunteer Day
DESCRIPTION:In commemoration of National Public Lands Day\, we invite you to join the National Park Service (NPS) at Camp Nelson National Monument for the planting of a pollinator garden starting at 10:00 am on Saturday\, September 27\, 2025. Our pollinator garden will contain 23 different types of long-lasting\, resilient wildflowers that are native to Kentucky and the wider Midwestern region. Not only are these beautiful flowers visually attractive\, they also provide a nutrient rich source of food for Kentucky’s pollinators.  By creating habitats dedicated to our precious pollinators\, we can protect the biodiversity of these keystone species.  \nDuring this volunteer event\, we will construct two garden beds\, paint\, prepare and place soil\, and plant seeds that will bloom in Spring. The event will take place next to the Visitor Center. Participants should wear pants\, shirts\, and closed-toed shoes they are comfortable getting dirty. Participants may also wish to bring water and sunscreen. Latex gloves and tools will be provided. \nThe volunteer event is free and open to the public! #NationalPublicLandsDay #NPLD
URL:https://wilmore.org/event/camp-nelson-volunteer-day/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250727
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SUMMARY:Camp Nelson 160th Anniversary
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join us in the commemoration of the 160th Anniversary of Camp Nelson on Saturday\, July 26\, 2025! \nThe special commemoration\, A Portal into the Past: Camp Nelson\, Photography\, and the End of the Civil War\, includes presentations by scholars\, NPS staff\, and descendants; authentic period photography; and guided tours. The NPS is partnering with Military Images to display the traveling exhibit\, “Faces of Freedom\,” which features 37 high-quality prints made from original images in private and public collections of U.S. Colored Troops (USCT)\, including soldiers who served in regiments organized at Camp Nelson. \nIn the final days of the Civil War in 1865\, Camp Nelson remained an active military base for both soldiers and civilians. The U.S. Army continued to enlist and train USCT here and at other recruitment stations\, and the site served as a bastion of freedom for their families at the Home for Colored Refugees. However\, the war’s ending caused Camp Nelson’s closure and created an uncertain future for Black soldiers and refugees in the weeks\, months\, and years to come.
URL:https://wilmore.org/event/camp-nelson-160th-anniversary/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20250621T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20250621T160000
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SUMMARY:Freedom Day Festival
DESCRIPTION:The National Park Service (NPS) at Camp Nelson National Monument\, in partnership with the Camp Nelson Preservation and Education Foundation\, National Coalition of Black Veteran Organizations\, Kentucky Center for African American Heritage\, Jessamine County Public Library\, Visit Jessamine\, and Kentucky Historical Society invites you to the 1st Annual Freedom Day Festival from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday\, June 21\, 2025. \nThe special event commemorates the Brigadier General Charles Young Memorial Historical Corridor—the 170-mile route from Camp Nelson National Monument in Jessamine County to Mays Lick—and concludes at the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument in Wilberforce\, Ohio. Born to enslaved parents in 1864 in Mays Lick\, Kentucky\, Young became the third African American to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; the first African American superintendent of a national park; and the highest ranking African American U.S. Army officer at the time of his death in 1922. Young was posthumously promoted to the rank of brigadier general in the Regular Army on February 1\, 2022. \nThe festival features live music featuring The Marshall Law Band\, food\, arts and crafts\, children’s activities\, guided talks and walks\, and a keynote presentation by sculptor Ed Hamilton\, creator of the Spirit of Freedom African American Civil War Monument in Washington DC. It’s free and open to the public!
URL:https://wilmore.org/event/freedom-day-festival/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20250620T190000
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SUMMARY:Camp Nelson: History at Sunset
DESCRIPTION:History at Sunset: “Held in the Grasp of War”: Why Civil War Veterans Struggled to Leave the Conflict Behind (Dr. Brian Matthew Jordan)\nDr. Brian Matthew Jordan\, Associate Professor of U.S. Civil War History and Chair of the History Department at Sam Houston State University.  \nThe Civil War visited unprecedented violence on the United States. That violence was inscribed on the bodies and minds of the nearly two million men who donned Union blue between 1861 and 1865. How did Union veterans make sense of their physical\, psychological\, and emotional wounds as the nation plunged into the years of Reconstruction? How did the politics of the postwar years complicate their reintegration to civilian life and personal healing? Why were so many veterans so unwilling to let go of the war and its legacy\, and what urgent messages do those ex-soldiers have for us today?  \nThe program takes place outside at the NPS Tent adjacent to the Visitor Center and Museum and will launch the 1st Freedom Day Festival Weekend.
URL:https://wilmore.org/event/camp-nelson-history-at-sunset/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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SUMMARY:Speaker: Camp Nelson
DESCRIPTION:Winter Lecture Series: Christopher Gwinn\, “Twilight of the Blue and Gray: United States Colored Troops at the 1938 Reunion at Gettysburg.”
URL:https://wilmore.org/event/speaker-camp-nelson-3/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20250315T110000
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SUMMARY:Spring History Hike
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URL:https://wilmore.org/event/spring-history-hike/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20250308T100000
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SUMMARY:Speaker: Camp Nelson
DESCRIPTION:Winter Lecture Series: Patrick A. Schroader\, “The 160th Anniversary of the Appomattox Campaign.”
URL:https://wilmore.org/event/speaker-camp-nelson-2/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20240928T100000
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SUMMARY:Quilt Show
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URL:https://wilmore.org/event/quilt-show/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20240127T110000
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SUMMARY:Presentation: Rebellion\, Calamity\, and Woe
DESCRIPTION:Join the National Park Service (NPS) for the 3rd Annual Winter Lecture Series at Camp Nelson National Monument! The special programs feature guest speakers who present on a variety of topic related to the Civil War Era. The presentations take place on select Saturdays at starting at 11:00 am at the park. The 1.5-hour programs are free and open to the public. \nJanuary 27\, 2024: Dr. Chuck Welsko\, Digital Documentary Editor\, Kentucky Historical Society\, “Rebellion\, Calamity\, and Woe: Governor Thomas E. Bramlette’s Unionism in War and Memory” \nThomas E. Bramlette became the 23rd Governor of Kentucky during the Civil War. A strong Unionist at the start of the conflict\, Bramlette served both as a colonel in the Union Army and a Federal District Judge before becoming defeating Charles Wickliffe for the governor’s office in August 1863. Almost immediately upon entering his official duties in Frankfort\, Bramlette encountered the challenges of leading a Border State with divided loyalties and priorities\, as well as an increasingly hard war waged by Federal authorities aimed at dismantling slavery across the South. A loyal slaveholding Unionist himself\, Bramlette’s wartime experiences reflect the earliest foundations of Kentucky’s wartime experience and post-war memory\, revealing how Kentuckians would grow disappointed and disillusioned with the consequences of the Civil War.
URL:https://wilmore.org/event/presentation-rebellion-calamity-and-woe/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Kentucky/Louisville:20240113T110000
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SUMMARY:Presentation: The Knoxville Campaign
DESCRIPTION:Join the National Park Service (NPS) for the 3rd Annual Winter Lecture Series at Camp Nelson National Monument! The special programs feature guest speakers who present on a variety of topic related to the Civil War Era. The presentations take place on select Saturdays at starting at 11:00 am at the park. The 1.5-hour programs are free and open to the public. \nJanuary 13\, 2024: Dr. Lucas Wilder\, Historian and Park Ranger at Cumberland Gap National Historical Park\, “Our Hold Upon East Tennessee”: The Knoxville Campaign \nDr. Wilder will discuss the East Tennessee Campaign from the capture of Cumberland Gap to Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet’s exodus from East Tennessee. Both the United States and the Confederacy attempted to either hold or invade Appalachia with varying results. Learn about the strategy and military tactics used by Longstreet\, Ambrose Burnside\, and other generals as they attempted to maneuver through the rugged terrain of Appalachia.
URL:https://wilmore.org/event/presentation-the-knoxville-campaign/
LOCATION:Camp Nelson\, 6614 Danville Rd\, Nicholasville\, 40356\, United States
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