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Candlelight Tour

A Salute to Traditions and Treasures
Thursday, Nov. 12 - Saturday, Nov. 14

Featuring

• Admission to “Kentucky Military Treasures: Selections from the Kentucky Historical Society Collections”
See the many machines and other trappings of the military service. Learn how regular Kentuckians became heroes. Listen as veterans tell their stories in their own words.

• First-class performances
By the Kentucky National Guard brass quartet, the Swing Canaries, the Franklin County High School Band and the KHS Museum Theatre team.

• Activities and displays for your whole troop
Family and children’s activities, a large-scale train display, demonstrations by local artisans and the Kentucky Military Treasures Tree.

• Discounts in the Stewart Home School 1792 Store

Presented as part of Downtown Frankfort Inc. and Whitaker Bank’s "An Enchanting Celebration: Discover Downtown’s Treasures." Free and open to the public.


Candlelight Tour Schedule of Events

Thursday, Nov. 12
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
10 a.m. – 9 p.m.: Large Lionel O-Gauge train display
5 – 9 p.m.: “A Kentucky Journey,” the KHS permanent exhibition
5 – 9 p.m.: “Kentucky Military Treasures: Selections from the Kentucky Historical Society Collections”
5 – 9 p.m.: Fine scale modelers developing military figures and demonstrations by local artisans
5 – 9 p.m.: Holiday sun catchers and card-making activities
5 – 9 p.m.: Taylor Pace selling Tay-Tay Bears to benefit military personnel
5:15 – 5:45 p.m.: Franklin County High School Band
6 – 7 p.m.: Kentucky National Guard Brass Quartet
6 p.m.: “Jack and the Robbers,” Museum Theatre
7 p.m.: “Look for My Picture,” Museum Theatre
7:30 – 8:30 p.m.: Swing Canaries
8 p.m.: "Theater of War: Unresolved Conflict of Vietnam," Museum Theatre

Friday, Nov. 13
10 a.m. – 9 p.m.: Large Lionel O-Gauge train display
5 – 9 p.m.: “A Kentucky Journey,” the KHS permanent exhibition
5 – 9 p.m.: “Kentucky Military Treasures: Selections from the Kentucky Historical Society Collections”
5 – 9 p.m.: Holiday sun catchers and card-making children’s activities
6 p.m.: “Look for My Picture,”, Museum Theatre
7 p.m.: “Look for My Picture,” Museum Theatre

Saturday, Nov. 14
Kentucky Military History Museum at the Old State Arsenal
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Tours of building and grounds

Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.: Lionel O-Gauge Train Display
1 - 4 p.m.: HistoryZone
1 and 3 p.m.: "Look for My Picture," Museum Theatre