Candlelight Tour 2012
A Civil War Christmas

Each year during downtown Frankfort's Candlelight Tour, the KHS history campus is open free to the public for three days, with additional special events and activities for families!

Kentucky Historical Society
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
100 W. Broadway
(All activities free and open to the public)

Thursday, Nov. 8
5 p.m. – 9 p.m.
• Compare the differences of Christmas celebrations between families at home in the 1860s and soldiers in an encampment.
• Meet Abraham Lincoln (Kentucky Humanities Council's Jim Sayre) and a Civil War soldier – ask them what life was like at that time or have a photograph taken with them.
• Participate in period dancing (with Don and Sylvia Coffey) and sample period food and drink (gingerbread and wassail).
• Christmas trees at that time were often decorated with popcorn, candy, fruits and other homemade items – make your own salt dough ornament to take home!
• Discover your Civil War ancestors and more at the Martin F. Schmidt Research Library! Search the Adjutant General lists, Ancestry.com and other resources.
• Read a Civil War journal kept by soldiers from both sides of the conflict and the letters of a Civil War soldier’s wife reporting on battles near her Kentucky home.
• Enjoy a 20% discount on holiday merchandise at the Stewart Home School 1792 Store.
• Explore the Kentucky Historical Society exhibits, “Civil War: My Brother, My Enemy,” “A Kentucky Journey” and “Toyota Kentucky Hall of Governors.” (Open for free from 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.)
• Lionel Trains will be on display in the Brown-Forman Room.

Friday, Nov. 9
10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
• Explore the Kentucky Historical Society exhibits, “Civil War: My Brother, My Enemy,” “A Kentucky Journey” and “Toyota Kentucky Hall of Governors.”
• Lionel Trains will be on display in the Brown-Forman Room.
• Special book sale at the Stewart Home School 1792 Store.
• 5:30 p.m. – KHS Annual Meeting and Kentucky History Awards at the Old State Capitol. This event recognizes individuals, groups and projects that promote preservation, awareness and appreciation of state and local history. Registration is free but must be received by Nov. 2. Please contact julia.curry@ky.gov or 502-564-1792, ext. 4414.

Saturday, Nov. 10
10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Explore the Kentucky Historical Society exhibits, “Civil War: My Brother, My Enemy,” “A Kentucky Journey” and “Toyota Kentucky Hall of Governors.”
• Noon: KHS and the Kentucky Book Fair present an author panel “Feuding Kentucky: Page to Performance (History on stage and film – can it be accurate?)” at the Old State Capitol. Learn more.
• Special book sale at the Stewart Home School 1792 Store.
• Lionel Trains will be on display in the Brown-Forman Room.