Join us this year to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Our celebration begins in January with a speaker series supported by the Kentucky Historical Society.
Thursday, February 19, 6:00pm–7:00pm
Join Hillary Delaney to hear stories of African Americans in Boone County who witnessed and participated in the founding of our country.
Thursday, March 26, Dr. Paul Tenkotte joins us to speak about the role of Kentucky women in the American Revolution.
America250 Speaker Series: 10 Ways to Eat Post Colonial in Cincinnati and NKY
Thursday, April 9, 2026 7:00pm-8:00PM
Food Etymologist Dann Woellert will take us back in time to Cincinnati’s post colonial founding and what Post Colonial Cincinnatians and Northern Kentuckians ate way before Door Dash and Uber Eats.
America250 Speaker Series: Rolling Along a River of Song
Thursday, April 23, 2026
Join music historian and career navigator librarian John Schlipp for an immersive journey into the “musical highway” of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Covington - Truist Meeting Room
Northern Kentucky History Day
Saturday, May 16, 2026
More information coming soon. Interested in being a vendor? Email history@kentonlibrary.org or call 859.962.4070.
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