Paducah Power System

Feelin’ all the red, white and blue today. Happy birthday America!

Originally called Decoration Day, the United States has been recognizing Memorial Day since the aftermath of the Civil War, holding the first observance at Arlington National Cemetery in 1868. According to numerous sources, the latter part of May was chosen because of the availability of spring flowers used for decorating the graves of fallen soldiers. A driving force under the earliest observances was General John A. Logan who was born in the southern Illinois town of Murphysboro.

After a century of observances under various resolutions, Memorial Day formally became a federal holiday under the Uniform Holiday Act of 1968.

As you celebrate the beginning of summer this holiday weekend, we encourage you to remember the somber reason behind Memorial Day and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms.

We will be closed Monday in observance of the day and will reopen Tuesday, May 26th, at 7am.

This fall, we will recognize Paducah Power System's 65th anniversary. If you have any old pictures of our facilities, and staff at work and would be willing to share those with us, we'd love to have a copy of those in preparation for that anniversary. We're particularly interested in images from those earliest years (1961and later). You can reach out to us through FB Messenger or at [email protected].