WHEF has had to modify the base of operations for this tour, changing from the Lexington hotel to the Hampton Inn-Bardstown, Kentucky. Bardstown, “the bourbon capital of the world”, and one of Kentucky’s oldest and most beautiful towns, is where you find “My Old Kentucky Home” and the Old Talbott Tavern, in continuous operation since […]
Good evening: I have difficult news to share. On Tuesday, September 7, 188 ICU beds were available in Kentucky. On September 9, that number was reduced to only 90 available ICU beds at present, due to a surge in COVID-19 and its variables, including Delta. https://www.wlwt.com/article/covid-19-just-90-adult-icu-beds-still-available-in-kentucky/37532441# I have consulted with my Board of Directors, my […]
A native of New Jersey, and now a resident of Virginia, Ron is one of America’s most noted independent film writers and directors. Among Ron’s early films were: The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia and Parent Trap starring Haley Mills. His most known and revered productions mirror his life-long interest in American history. […]
A native and resident of Atlanta, Georgia, Bo DuBose is one of America’s most noted advocates of American history. With his late father, Bo assembled one of the largest collections of Civil War relics in America. He then spearheaded the creation of the Atlanta History Center in Buckhead, north of Atlanta. That grand museum complex […]
Broadcasting, Education, News, Support, WHEF Updates
The following is a letter of support from Kentucky Educational Television composed on January 30, 2018: I am writing to express KET Education’s support for The Pageant of America project proposed by the Witnessing History Education Foundation, Inc., which will create documentaries and educational materials relating to American history from colonial times through the Civil […]
Broadcasting, Education, News, Pageant of America, Support
The following letter of support for the Pageant of America Documentary Series Project was composed by Kentucky Educational Television on December 12, 2017: I am writing to express KET’s support for the production The Pageant of America, the proposed eight documentaries from Witnessing History Education Foundation which will provide a comprehensive look on the early […]
Click HERE to read the original letter or you can read below: The Boone Society is a non-profit organization made up of over 350 Boone descendants in thirty nine states and three foreign countries. Our mission statement is: “Preserving America’s Frontier History through Education.” Every project in which the Society is involved is chosen for […]
