On next Wednesday's NKY History Hour, Judge Frohlich will discuss the historical development of local patenting and its relationship with the development of local government.  The constitutional development all branches of government, elected offices and the courts will be explored, including the courts of Oyer & Terminer and quarter sessions, county, circuit and appellate courts, circuit and county clerks, sheriffs, jailors, state representatives, state senators and various other offices.

The free presentation and discussion take place online from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. next Wednesday, August 26. To register and participate, go to https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsdeGtpjMiEtFOHWP1OI4tooShmMxzS0oY. Information on how to connect to the session will be sent after registration.

Judge Frohlich was the chief circuit judge for the 54th Judicial Circuit, where he served from 2004 until his retirement from the bench in January 2015. He currently serves in the Kentucky Retired Judges Program. He has held numerous civic and legal positions, including president of the Salmon P. Chase Inn of Court and the Chase Board of Governors.  He has been accorded numerous honors, including the Kentucky Bar Association Distinguished Judge of the Year Award and the Kentucky Justice Association Trial Judge of the Year Award. He has authored a number of books and publications, one of which received a Kentucky Historical Society "Book of the Year" award.

Hosted by Shane Noem and Tara Johnson-Noem, Vice President of the BCM Board of Trustees. NKY History Hour is a weekly offering of Behringer-Crawford Museum focused on Northern Kentucky history, featuring local authors, historians and archaeologists.

NKY History Hour presentations are currently free to the public during this introductory period but may become a BCM members-only benefit in the future. To support NKY History Hour and access many other entertaining and thought-provoking programs for free, join BCM today: http://bcmuseum.org/support-us/join/become-a-member.