Gatherings

DUTCH COUSINS OF KENTUCKY HISTORY

2003       St Louis – Westerfield Family Reunion, decided to include all cousins

2005       Harrodsburg KY-1st Gathering of Dutch cousins at Ralph Anderson’s barn.

2007       Shelbyville, KY – 2nd Gathering, tour of Dutch Tract and  Visit to Six Mile Meeting House.

2009       Harrodsburg KY – adopted mission statement & elected officers, Claude Westerfield first president

2011        Harrodsburg, KY – After meeting, bus trip to New York

2013       Madison IN, Clifty Inn state park, tour of old Dutch Tract, 6-mile meetinghouse, Dutch cemetery

2015        Frankfort KY, KY History Center, tour of gov. mansion, Rededication of Old Mud Meetinghouse.

2017 Frankfort KY, KY History Center, attending the Painted Stone Settlers Reenactment of the Long Run Massacre

2019 Frankfort KY, KY State University, Harold R. Benson Ag building

2021 Frankfort KY, KY State University, Harold R. Benson Ag building – meeting was held virtually

2022 Frankfort KY, KY State University, Harold R. Benson Ag building

2024 Carlisle KY, Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park

2007 to 2013 we purchased and placed markers in the Old Mud Graveyard for some 34 Low Dutch veterans of the Revolution, and one 1812 War vet, and conducted memorials for each of them.