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Ark Encounter is a Christian theme park that opened in Williamstown, Kentucky, United States, in 2016. [2] [3] The centerpiece of the park is a large representation of Noah's Ark, based on the Genesis flood narrative contained in the Bible.
The Vermont State Fair is an annual state fair held in Rutland, Vermont at the Vermont State Fairgrounds. In the past, the event had taken place in early September, and lasted 9 to 10 days. In 2016, the dates were changed to a mid-August festival, with the first August fair taking place on the 16th thru 20th.
On May 28, 2020, the state fair's board of directors announced the cancellation of the 2020 State Fair, due to the state's COVID-19 pandemic. Previous Fairs had been cancelled in 1917 and 1918, then 1942 through 1945, all due to World Wars I and II .
Light backend snow was observed in Sullivan County. [73] Nearby, the highest snowfall of 13.7 in (35 cm) was in Roxbury, New York. [74] The storm resulted in ground delay programs at LaGuardia Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport. [75] Parts of New York State Route 25 closed during the floods, as did the eastbound lands of the Belt ...
The Private War of Lizzie Hardin: A Kentucky Confederate Girl's Diary of the Civil War in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia (Kentucky Historical Society, 1963) Peter, Frances Dallam. A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky: The Diary of Frances Peter (University Press of Kentucky, 2015) Reinhart, Joseph R., ed.
The Arizona State Fair is an annual state fair, held at Arizona State Fairgrounds. It was first held in 1884, but has had various interruptions due to cotton crop failure, the Great Depression era, World War I & World War II years & the COVID-19 pandemic. From 1946 to 2019 and since 2021, the fair has been held annually.
For the 2013 Christmas season, the city planned to hang over 27 million lights and 472 miles of rope lights in 90 points. The slogan for this year was "Our Christmas" [7] and its theme was the history and traditions of Antioquia .
The Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville houses Kentucky's Old Sparky. Kentucky's electric chair, known as "Old Sparky", is located at the Kentucky State Penitentiary in Eddyville, Kentucky. It was first used on July 8, 1911; the first inmate to die in the chair was James Buckner, convicted of killing a police officer several weeks earlier ...