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BORA
BULLETIN
Battle of Richmond Association Newsletter
Vol. 8, No. 4 November
2009
Richmond,
Kentucky will be hosting thousands of Civil War visitors
soon
Madison
County’s Civil War history and heritage should attract a lot
of visitors to Battlefield Park and the Battle of Richmond
beginning in 2010.
First
up is the Civil War Preservation Trust’s (CWPT) annual
conference, scheduled June 3-6 at the Hilton Hotel and
Conference Center in downtown Lexington. Some 500 members
of CWPT are expected for the four-day event, which will
include tours of battlefield sites at Mill Springs,
Perryville and Richmond and visits to historic Civil War
homes in the Bluegrass area.
Richmond’s
Battlefield Park will host conference visitors June 5-6 with
some 60-75 expected each day.
The
CWPT is a national organization headquartered in Washington,
D.C., and dedicated to saving and preserving America’s Civil
War battlefields.
Also,
on several weekends throughout the summer months BORA will
host living history events. A schedule of the activities
will be available soon.
Lexington
will be host to the World Equestrian Games Sept. 25-Oct. 10,
which is expected to attract more than 600,000 international
visitors to the Commonwealth. A number of side trips to
Civil War sites and other historical locales is anticipated
by visitors during the 15-day event.
During
the last week in September (Sept. 25-30), BORA will conduct
a variety of living history events at the park for visitors.
And,
then, the Civil War Sesquicentennial kicks off 2011 and
extends through 2015 with thousands of Civil War enthusiasts
expected to visit Kentucky’s more than 60 period
battlefields and sites.
More than
2,000 attend re-enactment weekend
More
than 2,000 spectators and visitors were on hand for the Aug.
29-30 Battle of Richmond Re-enactment Weekend, termed one of
the more successful events conducted by BORA.
Surveys
of the parking lot and visitors on both days revealed that
2,160 individuals attended weekend festivities, despite a
downpour on Saturday morning that held down attendance.
Student
volunteers from Sharon Graves’ Clark-Moores Middle School
classes turned in the following license plate totals from
parking lot counts:
Saturday,
Aug. 29:
Madison
County 146; Fayette County 12; other Kentucky counties 290;
Ohio 18, Wyoming one.
Sunday,
Aug. 30:
Madison County 108; Fayette County 30; other Kentucky
counties 37; at least one car each from 13 other states,
including California.
Re-enactor
participation totaled 228 along with 10 living history
performers. Approximately 100 volunteers provided
assistance. Some 30 Scouts and Scouters attended and
Sutlers and vendors numbered 14 and five, respectively. The
Battlefield Park Visitors Center attracted another 225
individuals.
Slave
quarters renovation begins
Renovation
of the Battlefield Park Slave Quarters began in October as a
frame addition to the original brick structure was removed.
Madison
County Historic Properties Director Phillip Seyfrit said the
single-room building would be restored to the way it
appeared in 1862. A porch will be added to the west side of
the dwelling and an existing attic and fireplace used for
cooking and heating will be maintained.
The
$91,000 renovation is expected to be completed by late
February or early March.
Signage
anticipated by year’s end
Directional
traffic signs from Interstate 75 to Battlefield Park’s
Visitors Center are expected to be in place before the end
of the calendar year.
According
to Phillip Seyfrit, Madison County Historic Properties
director, completion of an informational brown sign to be
placed at I-75 Exit 83 has delayed installation of signage
that will be located along Duncannon Road. Directional
signs will lead from the exit to U.S. 25. The Visitors
Center is adjacent to the Duncannon/25 intersection at the
division of U.S. 25/421.
Nearly
100 visitors stopped at the park from July through
September. The total is expected to significantly increase
with signage installation.
BORA seeks
to re-print ‘Ripe Pears’
The
book that started it all may be re-printed soon.
Grants
are being sought to print the second edition of “When the
Ripe Pears Fell, the Battle of Richmond, Kentucky,” the 1996
publication that reintroduced the public to the 1862 Civil
War Battle of Richmond.
Written
by Dr. D. Warren Lambert, the late professor of history at
Berea College, the book has been out of print for more than
10 years. The Battle of Richmond Association (BORA) in
cooperation with the Madison County Historical Society is
seeking to have the 260-page volume available for sale in
2010.
Lambert,
an authority on the Civil War and Russian history,
re-introduced the public to the Madison County conflict
through his book. The bloody Richmond struggle was the
second largest Civil War battle in Kentucky and the most
overwhelming Confederate victory of the entire war. It
essentially was overlooked as it occurred on the same dates
as the second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run).
“Ripe
Pears” stirred such interest that the Battle of Richmond
Association was formed in 2001 to preserve the history and
heritage of the conflict.
Dr.
Paul Rominger, managing director of BORA, said the
Association plans to print the second edition of the book in
the same size and hardback version of the original.
McIntyre,
Tipton named to BORA board
A
Richmond broadcasting account executive and a Madison County
cosmetologist have been appointed as board members of the
Battle of Richmond Association (BORA).
Rhonda
McIntyre, of Berea, a sales representative for Wallingford
Broadcasting, and Charlena Tipton, a Waco resident and staff
member of Snooty Fox Salon in Richmond, were added to the
board in September.
The
25-member board approves BORA projects and activities.
Previous Newsletters:
(.pdf format)
BORA Newsletter March
2009
BORA Newsletter July 2009 |
