It appears Crittenden County's prom will take place out of town next year, with Crittenden County Board of Education approving a request at Tuesday's board meeting to host the annual dance in Morganfield. Prom 2012 will be held at the James D. Veatch Camp Breckinridge Museum and Arts Center.
The center features a ballroom in an old officer's club on the site of the former military base built in 1942. In 1943-46, it was the site of a German prisoner of war camp, hosting 3,000 members of the Nazi war effort. The military installment was also once home to the famed 101st Airborne Division of the U.S. Army before taking up permanent residence at Fort Campbell.
