Saturday, March 16 will be Helen LaFrance Day in Mayfield, her hometown. Several community organizations have come together to celebrate the life and work of this important African American artist. The Jackson Purchase Historical Society will meet at the Graves County Public Library Community Room for a program honoring LaFrance beginning at 10:30 am on March 16. The program will feature She Remembered It All: The Art of Memory Painter Helen LaFrance a new children’s book by Jayne Moore Waldrop and illustrated by Michael McBride. In addition to Waldrop and McBride speaking about the book and Helen LaFrance, Jayne will…

The Jackson Purchase Historical Society (JPHS) will meet on Saturday, January 13, 2024 at 10:30 am at the Fort Jefferson Memorial Park, Visitor’s Center, US 51, Wickliffe, Kentucky.This will be Society’ first meeting of the new year as it begins its sixty-sixth year of service to the Jackson Purchase region. The speaker will be Bill Mulligan, JPHS President, and his topic will be “The Beginning of the End: The Western Rivers’ Significance in the American Civil War.” Mulligan will discuss the pivotal role control of the western rivers – the Mississippi, Ohio, Tennessee, and Cumberland – played in the initial…