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A Moment in Kentucky History: British Captain Henry Bird

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Think History is our daily segment from Kentucky Humanities. Today, Bill Goodman tells us about British Captain Henry Bird. On June 22, 1780, Bird and his troops invaded Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.

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