Kentucky by Heart: Successful ‘Wilmore Salute to Service’ provides blueprint for other communities

By Steve FlairtyNKyTribune columnist

They honored America’s military veterans and first responders, and they commemorated four important milestones. With undying passion and focus, a small Kentucky community showed us what is good and what is possible.

Wilmore, the little town that could — and did.

It took months of hard work and detailed planning by dedicated citizens, along with solid leadership from Wilmore Mayor Harold Rainwater and a host of others, and it’s now clear that the June 11-13 “Wilmore Salute to Service” proved a rousing success, providing a sterling blueprint for other communities with similar goals…

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