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Museum honors Pickens County native Capt. Kimberly Hampton
Summary
The Pickens County Museum of Art and History is featuring personal effects and a tribute to Capt. Kimberly Hampton, a Greenville-born pilot raised in Easley who was killed in combat in January 2004; the exhibit and local memorial sites are highlighted for Women's History Month.
The Pickens County Museum of Art and History is highlighting Captain Kimberly Hampton in a feature marking Women’s History Month, showcasing personal effects donated by her family and pointing visitors to local memorials and the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Foundation.
The narrator described Hampton as a Greenville native raised in Easley who attended Forest Acres Elementary, West-End Elementary, Easley Junior and Easley High School, and later Presbyterian College, where she was an honor student and tennis player. The segment noted Hampton is widely known as the first U.S. female pilot killed in combat when her helicopter was shot down in January 2004 near Fallujah, Iraq, and emphasized her role locally as a daughter, friend and leader.
Visitors were invited to see artifacts at the museum, stop by the memorial park at the Easley Library, or explore the work of the Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Foundation via the link in the caption.
