The 6 Best Sights & Landmarks in Elizabethtown, Kentucky (KY)

In 2011, the American Veterans Traveling Tribute approached local Hardin County veterans in the hopes to bring a permanent replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall to Elizabethtown, KY. The project was approved by the City of Elizabethtown and land from the Elizabethtown Nature Park was chosen to house The Wall project. The newly formed Hardin County Veterans Tribute Group began fund-raisin

The Elizabethtown City Cemetery was established in 1806. Cemetery Hill is the home of more than 60 Confederate Soldiers who died in the Civil War. Highlights include the Cemetery Hill cannon as well as the graves of actress Susie Bond and four U.S. Congressmen (Joshua Husband Jewitt, Alexander Brooks Montgomery, Bryan Rust Young and William Singleton Young).

On Dec. 27, 1862, when 3,900 Confederates under the command of General John Hunt Morgan attacked and subdued entrenched Union forces, 652 strong, commanded by Lt. Col. Smith. The Union defenders, greatly outnumbered, could offer little resistance. About noon, Morgan's artillery commander, Captain White, ordered his cannons to commence firing. One ball became embedded in a wall.

The Lincoln Heritage House marks an important Lincoln historical site. It was restored by the Hardin County Historical Society and opened June 24, 1973. It was destroyed by fire in 2009 and rebuilt in the Spring of 2011.

It is believed that Miss Sallie Graham was the first teacher at the school's opening on July 7, 1892. In September, 1978, the schoolhouse was relocated to Freeman Lake Park in Elizabethtown. The renovation began in 1980 and on July 11, 1982 the school was rededicated.