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    • Aug 23, 2001
    Bill Monroe's childhood home in Rosine, Kentucky, is opened to the public after undergoing a restoration. On hand for the ceremonies: Ricky Skaggs, Tom T. Hall and three members of Monroe's Blue Grass Boys
    Dec 21, 2001
    Bill Monroe's son, James, auctions off some of his late father's possessions at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. Up for grabs: stage costumes, furniture, jewelry, six mandolins and a Bible. One mandolin sells for $22,000
    Feb 28, 2002
    Loretta Lynn, The Everly Brothers and Bill Monroe are among the first 12 to join the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame in an event at the Marriott Griffin Gate Resort in Lexington. Also added are The Osborne Brothers, John Lair, Red Foley, Bradley Kincaid, Merle Travis, Jean Ritchie, Grandpa Jones and Tom T. Hall
    Jun 11, 2002
    The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum opens "This Is My Country," an exhibit of photos taken by Kenny Rogers of other acts. Among his subjects: Dolly Parton, Minnie Pearl, Tammy Wynette, Bill Monroe, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill and Alan Jackson
    Oct 30, 2002
    The Bill Monroe Foundation's planned purchase of the bluegrass legend's mandolin falls through. The foundation intended to buy the instrument for $1.125 million
    Dec 17, 2002
    Bill Monroe's son, James, files suit in Nashville to regain possession of his late father's mandolin from a foundation which he says has paid only $162,000 of the $1 million-plus it had agreed to spend on the instrument for a museum
    Jan 27, 2003
    The Library of Congress puts 50 recorded moments in a National Recording Registry documenting the 20th century. The list includes Woody Guthrie's recording of "This Land Is Your Land," Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" and Elvis Presley's Sun Records sessions
    Mar 14, 2003
    The Country Music Foundation publishes "Heartaches By The Number," celebrating country's "500 greatest singles." Seven Bill Monroe records make the list, including two versions of "Blue Moon Of Kentucky," plus "Uncle Pen" and "In The Pines"
    Mar 28, 2003
    CMT pays a nod to "The 40 Greatest Men Of Country Music," giving space to a trio of bluegrass artists: Bill Monroe, #16; Flatt & Scruggs, #24; and Ricky Skaggs, #37
    Jun 8, 2003
    Three bluegrass titles make the list when CMT debuts its "100 Greatest Songs Of Country Music": Bill Monroe's "Blue Moon Of Kentucky," #11; The Soggy Bottom Boys' "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow," #20; and Flatt & Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," #95
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