Huntertown Community Interpretative Park is celebrated
A 38-acre plot of land in Versailles was once home to hundreds of families over 130 years. It was Huntertown, an African-American “freetown” that was settled in 1871.
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A 38-acre plot of land in Versailles was once home to hundreds of families over 130 years. It was Huntertown, an African-American “freetown” that was settled in 1871.
A dog tag that belonged to Fred Jackson, a celebrated World War II veteran and Lexington’s first African American constable, was found by two teens during a park cleanup.