Helping Preserve Community History Through Education

SHELBYVILLE, KY - A month before the Long Run Massacre & Floyd’s Defeat living history re-enactment is to take place on Saturday, Sept. 9, The Painted Stone Settlers accepted a generous donation from the Longrifle Chapter of the Founding Sons Motorcycle Club of Shelby County. For the last 24 years, the re-enactment group has hosted an extremely popular School Day for area students and parents/teachers.

Kathy Cummings, vice president of the Painted Stone Settlers, called the donation “a wonderful surprise. The money will go towards our School Day event on September 8 when over 800 children will visit the site at Red Orchard Park to learn about pioneer life. The two groups find they have much in common in their values and goals of patriotism, education and support of local non profits.”

The Long Run Massacre depicts life as it was lived in Squire Boone Jr.’s Painted Stone Station and the subsequent evacuation of the fort in September 1781. “Last year a portion of our club went out to watch the Long Run Massacre reenactment and were quite moved by the experience,” said Lael Allen, Secretary/Treasurer for the Longrifle Chapter-Founding Sons MC. One of the members who attended requested that the club vote on making a donation to Painted Stone Settlers. “The membership agreed unanimously and a few months later we voted on the amount of the donation which ended up being $500. We felt that what the Painted Stone Settlers were doing was an extremely important part of the education of our local children (and parents for that matter) regarding the history of our area. We live in a day and age where there are groups of people actively trying (and sometimes succeeding) to erase the history of this great nation. Having a local not-for-profit group that continues to teach and put on an event which displays many of the arts, crafts, and skills that have been long forgotten by today's society is something everyone should get behind. That's what we did!”