2021 Events

PRESLEY O’BANNON STATE HISTORICAL MARKER REFURBISHED AND RE-DEDICATED BY KENTUCKY MARINES

Frankfort, Kentucky; April 24, 2021: Despite the threat of heavy rain, active, reserve and veteran Marines gathered in the Frankfort Cemetery to re-dedicate a recently refurbished Kentucky State Historical Marker at the grave-site of Marine Corps icon Presley O'Bannon. In recent years, the marker, which was originally placed in 1973 by the Kentucky Historical Society, had significantly deteriorated, to the…