Tuesday’s Rotary Club meeting highlighted Hopkinsville’s historic past with guest speaker Jennifer Brown.
Brown worked for the Kentucky New Era before becoming the co-founder of the Hoptown Chronicle and later joining the Kentucky Historical Society. Brown spoke about the work the Historical Society has done and the exhibitions on display at The Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in Frankfort, and she also went on to shine a light on the connection between the Historical Society and Hopkinsville.
One of the responsibilities of the Historical Society is to highlight landmarks and the locations of significant figures in Kentucky’s history with markers. Brown says one marker that will soon be located in Hopkinsville while highlight Peter Postell.
Along with the upcoming marker, Brown talked about those that have played a role in gathering Hopkinsville’s history and one of those people was former resident and cemetery researcher Joe Craver who worked to document the graves of veterans.
Beyond discussing Hopkinsville’s history, the Rotary Club took time to give club involvement awards. Member Dale Leatherman was awarded the most prestigious award of the ceremony, the Service Above Self Award.
