Logan County honoring veterans of the American Revolution

LOGAN COUNTY, Ky. – Two-hundred and fifty years ago, the United States officially declared its independence from Great Britain, calling on thousands of everyday people to fight for this new nation.

After victory was made, soldiers were given a plot of land to call their own, and some of them settled in Logan County.

Today, Logan County is putting together a monument for 93 men who served during the revolution and settled in Logan County after the war.

The men come from different backgrounds, fighting in deadly battles and fending off disease and starvation. After two years of planning and some inspiration that came from a visit to Charleston, South Carolina, the monument is finally coming together.

An effort, one organizer says, that is necessary to remember and honor those who fought to found our beloved country.

“It’s just fitting with the 250th anniversary of the founding of our nation, that we need to honor these folks when we think about the Revolutionary War. You had regular shopkeepers, farmers, ordinary people, defeated the most largest powerful army in the world, and it took eight years to do that. We look at what they went through to do that, and this is a small way to honor them,” said Adam Scales, president of the Colonel Benjamin Logan chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution.

The official dedication will take place at the Logan County Judicial Center on Oct. 10 at 1:30 p.m. after the Tobacco and Heritage Festival parade.