National Boone Day:

Commemorating Daniel Boone, a day frontiersman, National Boone Day is celebrated on the 7^th of June every year.

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Why National Boone Day?

Before understanding the reason behind a celebration of this day, let us get to know more about Daniel Boone, who was the reason for the existence of this day. Born in the year 1734, in November, Daniel Boone was an extraordinary explorer who ranked him among the top heroes of folklore. Thanks to his frontier exploits and routes carved by him, nearly 200,000 people from Europe migrated to the Kentucky region in Virginia.

Daniel Boone worked as a market hunter to support his family by collecting pelts and he was also an officer in Militia captured by Shawnee warriors. Unlike other prisoners, he was inducted into the tribe which he later left to defend the settlements in Virginia. He settled down later in Eastern Missouri spending the last years of his life there. There have been many places in the country named after this pioneer and rightfully so.

How can we observe National Boone Day?

The best way to observe National Boone Day will be to know more about Daniel Boone, and also brush up on your history of the early settlements in the country.

1. You can visit the museum near you and gather information about the country’s history, the early European settlers, etc.
2. You can explore the books of ancient history and learn about the different historically prominent places and their importance. You can also list out the historical places visited by Daniel Boone and the trails he followed and collect more information about them.
3. You can also travel through the many trails in the wilderness and spend the day living life like Daniel Boone.
4. You can also learn about folklores and other interesting tales about the history of the place and the life of Daniel Boone.

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Interesting facts about National Boone Day:

Daniel Boone is an interesting character for he was a pioneer in his world. Here we have some facts that would bring more interesting and exciting news about National Boone Day and about Kentucky.

1. John Filson wrote a book by the name, “The Adventures of Colonel Daniel Boone” in the year 1784 and it was published on the 50^th birthday of Daniel Boone.
2. In the honor of President George Washington, the first of the monuments on the South Mountain was erected by the Boonesborough citizens on the Appalachian Trail. This was in the year 1827.
3. It was in the year 1934 when Kentucky’s Kaelin’s Restaurant served the very first cheeseburgers.
4. KFCs popular recipe was finalized by Colonel Sanders in the year 1940 in Corbin, in his restaurant in the state.
5. The first of the English-speaking communities was established in Fort Boonesbourough to the western side of the Appalachian Mountains.
6. The Cherokee and Shawnee Indians abducted the daughter of the frontiersman Daniel Boone who managed to find her in just three days. This happened in 1776 when he traced not just his daughter but also another two girls and saved them.
7. Daniel Boone claimed that he can easily shoot the tick off the back of an animal and hence his gun was referred to as the “tick-licker.
8. There was a show featuring the life of Daniel Boone on NBC that made this local folk hero more popular.
9. Daniel Boone was known to be skilled at a young age helping out his father and was able to hold and use a rifle at the age of 12 years.
10. Kentucky was established, thanks to Daniel Boone and it is now the home to many popular things like the KFC, Kentucky Derby, traditional music called the Bluegrass, Mammoth Cave National Park, etc.
11. There are many trails, schools, national forests, and even a town named after Daniel Boone.

History of National Boone Day:

The history of the day dates back to more than 140 years with the Kentucky Historical Society initiating the celebration of this day. The day is celebrated in honor of the legendary explorer, frontiersman, pioneer, Daniel Boone. There is no specific reason as to why June 7^th was chosen as the day for celebrating this legendary icon in America though.