Thanks to all who came down to the LFPL to view the Camp Zachary Taylor exhibit, and I thank everyone for their comments they left me about it. I heard from several of the neighbors who live in Camp Taylor, and even a few of those who lived in some of the houses that were featured on the 4th of July panoramic. I had a great time putting it together, and I got a few comments on how to make it better next time. I hope that there will be a next time.

Some of those comments were about what I should do to improve it, and I thank you for those. I do want to say that the exhibit was put together on a shoe string budget, and we did the most we could with the litte money we had to spend. That money was donated from Metro Councilman Jim King, and without their support, the exhibit would never have happened. Thank you Mr. King. I also got lots of support and help from Mr. Burns at the LFPL. Thank you for your help as well.

I wanted to also take a minute to say that the LFPL, who funding is being cut, may not be able to continue to host exhibits like these without your financial support. Since there was no fee to view the exhibit, no money was made to pay for the printing costs for future exhibits. To all of you who appreciated it as much as I did bringing it to you, please donate to the LFPL and write your Metro Council Members to find funding for the Library System in Louisville.

I also received lots of questions about the photos, maps and some of the facts. I was asked a couple of times about not having much representation on the soldiers of color. There were two panoramics of some of the African American soldiers on display, and if you were patient enough to view entire book that was on the computer display and the end of the gallery. there were several more featured there too. There was also the display on Dr. Bond, who you can read more about here on our website.

Information on the African American presence at Camp Taylor is the most the difficult to find, and the rarest. I have only see one other photograph outside of our collection, and the information about them is long gone. If anyone has information that they would like to share with us about the African American soldiers at Camp Taylor, I would very like to hear from you.

Thanks again for all who came. and please feel free to write me at anytime.

Ken Maguire

Camp Zachary Taylor Historical Society