News from the General George Patton Museum

The News-Enterprise has printed an article about our new exhibit, "Adversity to Equality: The Journey of the African-American Mounted Soldier.

See the article here.

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The General George Patton Museum was recently highlighted on the WFPL's State of Affairs NPR web site. The radio show host, Julie Kredens, talks with author James Bilodeau about his new book "Free Kentucky", which features our museum.

More information at this link.

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The General George Patton Museum is proud to announce that we are a recipient of an Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Grant to develop a website celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation and its impact on the US Army. The website will be completed by June 25, 2008.

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The General George Patton Museum is now raising funds for a new museum. To contribute, please contact the Patton Museum Foundation.

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The General George Patton Museum recently participated in the Kentucky State Fair. The General George Patton Museum provided a Lincoln display, including a Lincoln oil portrait, and an original commissioning document signed by Lincoln during the Civil War as well as half track military vehicle from WWII. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our fine volunteers who represented the museum at the State Fair. As always our volunteers made the event an outstanding success.

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The Patton Museum recently won a Kentucky History Award from the Kentucky Historical Society.
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