Mill Springs conservation being celebrated this weekend

SOMERSET, Ky. (AP) — The Civil War Trust and the Mill Springs Battlefield Association are making an announcement during a Memorial Day weekend ceremony in south-central Kentucky.

The Civil War Trust says U.S. Rep. Hal Rogers of Kentucky’s 5th District will attend the event Saturday at Mill Springs Battlefield in the Nancy community, west of Somerset. The trust says the event is being held to celebrate recent land conservation achievements at the battleground.

The event begins at 10 a.m. EDT at the battlefield’s Visitor Center on Kentucky 80. The Eighth Regiment Band will perform and officials from the Civil War Trust and the Mill Springs Battlefield Association are expected to attend.

Tours will also be available of the Visitor Center and the national cemetery.

The Battle of Mill Springs was fought in January 1862.

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