Dear Friends, 

Join us in May!  May is nationally recognized as Preservation Month and we hope you will join us for “celebration of preservation” here is Mercer County with the following events: 

• The new Judicial Center on Main Street will have an Open House during the first week in May.  Even though we “lost” our historic Courthouse, through the partnership of former Judge John Trisler, present Judge Milward Dedman, the Court and county employees, especially Billy Humphress, JHT was able to save many of the significant features.  Come to the Open House to enjoy the impressive display of photographs of the former courthouses, the beautiful arched and oval windows, the Pioneer weathervane and more all artistically arranged by Anna Armstrong.   
• Come enjoy the presentation by Janie Rice Brothers on the survey of historic homes on the newly National Register appointed neighborhoods: North Main, Lexington, Cane Run and Woodland.
• Come to the unveiling of the directional cemetery signs at Spring Hill and Maple Grove.  These signs will add those doing genealogical research (how to find the headstones, etc) as well as designating significant and interesting headstones.  Countless hours of research by Kandie Atkinson, Anna Armstrong and Pat Linton have made these signs, and hopefully soon, a brochure possible. The cemetery staff and Bubby Isham have been wonderful partners in this project.    

Ongoing projects are conducting African American Oral Histories made possible by a grant from the Kentucky Historical Society, continued upkeep of Greenville Springs and McAfee Cemetery, and the upcoming book, Men of Mercer County. 

We have much more to do, preserve and protect and we can’t do it without your support and input.  Let us know how we are doing, what you think we should do and renew your membership, please.  Please ask your friends to join if they haven’t already.  Enjoy Spring and thank you for your support. 

On behalf of the James Harrod Trust Board of Directors, 

Helen Dedman, Chair