Benham J. Sims, III

11/18/2025

11/07/2025

On November 7, 1805, 220 years ago today, the members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition first laid eyes on the Pacific Ocean, reaching it two weeks later. Clark and the Corps of Discovery left Camp Dubois in Illinois on May 14, 1804, and met up with Lewis in St. Charles, Missouri, six days later. It took the Corps of Discovery only nineteen months to travel from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean via boat, horseback, and on foot.

The Corps of Discovery included up to 45 members, including military personnel, civilian volunteers, and York, a man who was enslaved by William Clark. Sacagawea was only around 16 and pregnant when she joined the expedition in North Dakota. Miraculously, only one member of the party died during the expedition. Charles Floyd died from appendicitis in what is now Sioux City, Iowa. You can learn more about the members of the Corps of Discovery and their expedition in our kid-friendly exhibition The Lewis and Clark Experience located on the third floor.

A recent addition to the exhibition includes sculptural depictions of York by local artist Ed Hamilton. Hamilton is most well-known for creating the African American Civil War Memorial in Washinton, DC. While his larger-than-life bronze version of York stands on the edge of the Ohio River at the Belvedere, in our exhibition you can get an up-close look at the original clay version of York’s bust, as well as plaster casts of his feet and a maquette of the entire sculpture.

Visit the Frazier History Museum, where the world meets Kentucky.

11/07/2025

Just another example why this man, this classmate is always my first read….

11/07/2025

What the concept of justice must always maintain is the concepts of proportionality. This protestor has a Constitutional right to protest. In fact, I would say, in this country, he has a duty to protest!
Throwing a sandwhich at anyone, a police officer, Ice officer, Maga supporter, Stephen Miller, was and is wrong. In many ways indefensible. But to use the massive weight of the prosecutorial arm of the federal government to punish him, was akin to using a tactical nuclear weapon to swat a gnat.
This is but another example of when juries get it right, when they use their Constitutional and Democratic powers to mandate and instruct proportionally and perspective to power. This is what a Democratic Country is suppose to be like, it is how all of us are suppose to,process, and respond. It was a good day for justice yesterday…

Jurors showed no appetite for the Justice Department's case against "sandwich guy," the D.C. resident who chucked a Subway sandwich at the chest of a federal officer, finding him not guilty on Thursday after several hours of deliberations.

Sean Dunn, a former Justice Department paralegal, faced a single misdemeanor count after a federal grand jury rejected more serious charges over the incident, which took place in August.

Images of Dunn became a symbol of resistance to the Trump administration in Washington, with murals popping up on walls depicting a man throwing a sandwich, and with people placing sandwiches in the hands of giant skeletons for Halloween.

Read more: nbcnews.app.link/Y25J65xa5Xb

11/29/2024

There are lot of things that make this team special, but the tie that binds them is their gratitude for being at Kentucky, a dream few saw coming.

08/05/2024

04/05/2024

03/12/2024

Do not open an email from my [email protected] address. I have contacted Godaddy and changed my email password. My email server does not show any emails sent from my email but I have had two friends contact me to advise they have received an email from this address with an attachment. Please delete the email and remember that I have changed my email to [email protected].

09/22/2023

Why I love dogs. Of all the pets, only a dog would do this