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We've been focusing on Hopkinsville and Christian County here on Kentucky.

Addition, we're taking a close look at the people, agriculture, business and culture and the history of the community going all the way back to the late 18th century.

In 1942, Christian County welcomed the U.S. Army installation known today as Fort Campbell into its backyard.

That forever changed the region.

Fort Campbell straddles the Kentucky Tennessee border between Hopkinsville Kentucky in Clarksville, Tennessee.

As the largest employer in Christian County and home to the famed 100st Airborne division.

The only air assault division in the world.

Fort Campbell has come to play a vital role in the cultural and economic vitality of the area.

Kentucky edition went on the road to visit the military base.

>> Fort Campbell is currently the home of the 100st Airborne Division.

And there are 2 10 units, one 60th Special Operations, Aviation Regiment and 5th Special Forces group.

There's also the 52nd explosive ordinance Disposal Brigade.

We have a major hospital unit associated with Blanchfield Army Hospital and then smaller 10 That live here.

Also when the camp first came into being in 1942, Hopkinsville is about 12 miles to the North.

Clarksville is about 12 miles to the south.

And there was nothing in between.

Initially it was assumed very early that this was going to be camp Campbell, Tennessee.

Hopkinsville had competed and was actually responsible for the Army.

Rick on team coming down in selecting this area.

And there's there's always been a little bit of attention between Hopkinsville and Clarksville and the basin where loyalties lie the little bit of tension is something that's good for the for the the city of Fort Campbell to play against enterprising young mayor Hopkinsville had started to campaign, which is really kind of effective and it was out of turn left at the main gate.

So if you're leaving Fort Campbell and you have made the decision your family was going to live off the city than the local economy turning left would take you to Hopkinsville.

It's one of the best places in people seek it out for their final assignment.

Sometimes because of the great relationship with both Hopkinsville in Clarksville and the local area because there's a lot employment opportunities for service in cities and grade schools for families.

Great recreation.

Work and we'll have that done at Pratt Museum named in honor of one of our early assistant division commanders who was killed on D-Day 18 years ago.

And we covered the history of the 100st Airborne division and then the army matured then museum system.

So we have a large army museum enterprise of 27 museums, enrolling your sharing our artifacts and a working together professionally.

And when we did that, we were able to expand their story lines a little bit.

We generally bring in about 40,000 people a year and we're getting increase that number substantially with the new Wings of Liberty Museum.

The new Wings of Liberty Museum.

We'll have about 60,000 Square feet of exhibit space.

We tell the history of the city of Fort Campbell and the units that have been signed here.

The units have been assigned here, primarily have been the 100 and first task force one, 60 in the that Special Forces group, our experts and what we call vertical and development work there.

So the museum's storyline is the history of parachutists lighters helicopters, special operations conducted guy with a special air crews and things like that.

And we've already designed those exhibits.

And we're just waiting for the building to be built.

And the goal that we're looking for is to have a public-facing museum that will be very accessible to those who don't have easy privileges for getting on to Fort Campbell.

Some people say it's difficult to get on because you have to get a visitor's pass and all of that.

So this will be right along Fort Campbell Boulevard so that visitors can turn directly and without having to go through post security and come up to the museum the state of Tennessee has substantially with the funding of the exhibit hall and getting the project started and the foundation is looking towards the state of Kentucky for our large education center.

So that will KET that Tennessee, Kentucky partnership and promoting the history of the city of Fort Campbell in the units that were signed here while simultaneously bringing in both local communities and providing resources that would be advantageous for our veterans for Army families and for our educators at all.

Local colleges, high schools and elementary schools.

>> A groundbreaking ceremony for that Wings of Liberty Museum happens one week from today.

Construction will begin in immediately.

It's expected to open sometime late next year.