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Creation Date
4-5-2001
Description
The Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet will unveil a new historical marker dedicated to Jonesville, a post-Civil War African-American community in Bowling Green at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 10. The dedication will take place a tthe marker site on the Western Kentucky University campus at the intersection of University Boulevard and US 68/60 in Bowling Green.
Life in Jonesville revolved around family, church and social activities. By the 1950s, Jonesville was one of two areas designated for urban renewal, and by 1968, the state of Kentucky had acquired the land and sold it to Western Kentucky University.
Speakers at the dedication include Sandy Jones, mayor of Bowling Green; Mike Buchanon, Warren County judge/executive; Jonathan Jeffery, special collections, Kentucky Library; and Lance Meredith, branch manager for traffic permits for the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet.
Bobby W. Austin, president and CEO of Village Foundation, will deliver the dedication address, and Maxine Ray, a Jonesville historian and WKU graduate student who helped bring about the marker's placement, also will speak.
The Kentucky Historical Society has administered the Historical Markers program for 40 years. Today there are more than 1,700 markers throughout the state. KHS works with local governments, historical organizations and individuals to create new markers as capsule lessons on important events, sites and movements in Kentucky History.
The Kentucky Historical Society is an agency of the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet. The Kentucky History Center is the headquarters of the Society and is located in downtown Frankfort.
Keywords
Western Kentucky University, Jonesville