CANCELLED: A Salute to Lexington's Greatest Generation

The exhibit opening on Wednesday, Dec. 7, will feature a reception, 6-8 p.m., to include period swing dancing, the kick-off of a "scrap drive" in the Fayette County Schools, and "ration-style" refreshments. An autographed copy of Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand, will be raffled. The reception is free and open to the public.
Also at the reception will be a presentation on the war experiences of Lt. Gen. Field Harris, USM, and Lt. Col. William Frederick Harris, USM, by their granddaughter and daughter… Show more Katherine Meases, as well as those of Ens. William Clay Hedrick, USN, by his niece Tammi Johnson.
The exhibit, which runs through August 2015, presents the events of the day, both on the battlefront as well as the home front, as they occurred seven decades ago. Individual men and women from Lexington, such as Lt. Foster Ockerman, USN; Lt. Virginia Leigh Overstreet, WAC; and air raid warden Spence S. Carrick, will be featured to bring the historical events of the war alive through the individuals who experienced those events first hand.

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