2026 Annual Meeting
Title: 2026 Annual Meeting
Start: November 6, 2026, 5:30 pm EST
End: November 6, 2026, 9:00 pm EST
Address: 100 W Broadway St Frankfort, KY 40601
Cost: FREE
KHS members, please join us for the 2026 Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) Annual Meeting on Friday, November 6, 2026. This annual business meeting highlights KHS’s successes over the past year and includes elections for the 2027 Governing Board. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the House Chamber of the Old State Capitol in downtown Frankfort (300 W Broadway).
Members are invited to stay directly afterward for a reception, a documentary premiere of York: An American Story Rediscovered, and a panel discussion hosted by Kentucky Tourism, the Kentucky Historical Society, and America250KY. This portion of the event is open to the public.
Reception begins at 6:30 p.m. in Commonwealth Hall at the Kentucky History Center. Heavy hors D'oeuvres and refreshments will be served, with a cash bar available.
The film screening will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Brown-Forman Room at the Kentucky History Center, followed by a program and panel discussion featuring the following:
- Frank X Walker, Author, Educator, Affrilachian Poet
- Ed Hamilton, Sculptor
- Hasan Davis, JD, Author, Trainer, Performer, Youth Advocate, Hope Dealer
- James Holmberg, former Curator of Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society
- Moderated by Scott Alvey, Executive Director of the Kentucky Historical Society
Read more about York here.
Please click here to register for the annual meeting. To join us for the evening's events, click here to register separately.