Beginning with the 2007 Kentucky Primary Election, Secretary of State Trey Grayson announced that Kentuckians will be joining other states in honoring our nation’s veterans with votes specifically cast in their honor.  Veterans, both past and present, represent the continual fight to preserve our freedoms.  However, our right to these freedoms also carries the responsibility to use them by engaging in the democratic process.

During the 2007 Kentucky State Fair, the Office of the Secretary of State encouraged citizens to record a short video tribute to a veteran.  Click here to see these videos and to submit your own video tribute.

There is no better way to honor the sacrifices of veterans than by wearing a button in honor of them on Election Day.  To acquire your own button, visit your local County Clerk’s office or click here to submit an online request form.

Click here to read stories and tributes from the friends and families who have elected to honor their loved ones through the simple act of voting.

Click here to submit a written tribute about the individual you have chosen to honor with your vote.  Selected tributes will be posted in the online testimony gallery or collected for the archives of the Kentucky Historical Society.