Oldham County History Center
Get to know Oldham County, Kentucky
August 5: Friday Evening, 6:30PM Presentation by Joe McGill on upcoming book “Sleeping with the Ancestors” (Hatchett Press, release date Fall 2022). Includes appetizers, cash bar $10 per person. Audience: Adult. Held at the Roots 101 African American Museum, 124 N. First Street, Louisville, KY. Pay at the door, no pre-registration.
6:30 p.m.: Campfire Storytelling Presentation by Joe McGill and Dontavius Williams at the Harrods Creek Farm Slave Cemetery Site. Encampment by the 12th U.S. Colored Heavy Artillery. The 12th U.S. Colored Calvary represents a group that reconstituted the 12th and conduct encampments for special events. The soldiers represent African Americans from Kentucky who fought for […]
Original Recipes from Steve Leavell: Soul Food Roots with Bessie’s Touch Book signing Feb. 26, 2023, 2 to 4 p.m. Location: Roots 101 African American Museum, 124 N. First Street, Louisville, KY. Steve was born and grew up in Robertson County, just west of Nashville, as last generation of sharecropper families from the segregation years, […]
