Daniel Boone Day 2023
When I was a kid Fess Parker as Daniel Boone was a staple in my entertainment choices.At that age I was unable to discern the fictionalization of the plot line nor the characters and it was an enjoyable interlude for me personally.
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He became the stuff of legend with his various exploits and that folk hero he became remains with those who understand our history.
A number of historians deny the "coonskin cap" references to him in popular culture — insisting that he never wore one.
As for those who would rewrite our history in their own graven false images his memory will survive that onslaught because he is much larger than they.
He was famous primarily for leading the way in settling Kentucky which was then well beyond the existing thirteen colonies and his exploration was a key aspect of the birth of our nation.
Today is Daniel Boone Day.
It happens each June 7 under the auspices of the Kentucky Historical Society where it began it more than 140 years ago.
It coincides with the day in 1769 Daniel Boone became the first American to lay eyes upon the forests, mountains, and valleys of Kentucky.
He founded the village of Boonesborough, Kentucky, which was one of the first American settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Daniel Boone discovered and developed an important American gateway for early settlement west of the Appalachian chain.