There are still a few spots currently available for an upcoming field study bus trip, “Emancipation in Kentucky: A Key Turning Point,” on Friday, July 13, 2012, where participants will be visiting historic sites associated with African American Emancipation in Kentucky.

This unique professional development day will start in Frankfort at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History and include stops at White Hall (home of emancipationist Cassius Marcellus Clay), Berea (with lunch at Boone Tavern), Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park and then return to Frankfort. Cost for the field study bus tour is $100.

Space is limited, and registration ends July 6 by 4 p.m.

For more information, go to http://history.ky.gov/aor contact Tim Talbott at tim.talbott@ky.gov or at (520) 564-1792, ext. 4428.