For those of you that are active on Facebook, I recommend following this page: Sam Terry’s Kentucky. The gentleman who operates this page posts interesting historical tidbits every day, and it’s a great way to learn about the history of our state (some of it mainstream, and some definitely little-known).

For example, today’s post is about Ralph Waldo Emerson visiting Mammoth Cave in 1850. We’ll learn some American history this year, but I encourage you to learn some Kentucky history as well.