Kentucky Trivia ● Kentucky Tweets
February 27, 1862, after seizing control of Nashville, the Union forces of General Don Carlos Buell moved into far Western Kentucky and forced the evacuation of the strong confederate hold in Columbus. It Happened Today in Kentucky History by Robert A. Powell pg: 24
February 27, 1898, William M. Singerly, a wealthy banker in Philadelphia, passed away. Belle Brezing read the news the next day in the Lexington Herald and must have felt great sorrow. The two had been good friends, and Belle benefited financially and emotionally from the friendship over the years. Madam Belle Brezing by Buddy Thompson pg: 89
February 27, 1956, Lowell Allen Williams of Carlise County became the Poet Laureate for Kentucky. It Happened Today in Kentucky History by Robert A. Powell pg: 24
February 27, 1970, Army SP4 Donald Hall from Printer in Floyd County died in the Vietnam War.