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During the next TN Writers | TN Stories event on Aug. 9, author Jennifer C. Core will be joined by Julia Doyle, the Museum's curator of fashion and textiles, to discuss the book "Tennessee Samplers: Female Education and Domestic Arts, 1800-1900". RSVP 🎟️: bit.ly/4mqTaRT
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Did you know the iconic New Year's Eve ball drop was created by a Tennessean? ✨ Adolph Ochs bought "The New York Times" in 1886 when it was about to go bankrupt. When it moved to Times Square in 1904, Ochs had an idea that would change everything: bit.ly/3P4Y9ZG
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Join Tennessee History Day in a webinar series on the basics of the National History Day program and earn up to 5 hours of PD credit. Using Primary Source Evidence & Building a Project launches 10/24/24 at 6:30 PM ET. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…… #HistoryEducation @TennHistory
ALT Tennessee History Day Webinar Series. History Day Starter Pack.
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It's Teacher Appreciation Week! ❤️ Here at NHD, we see firsthand the dedication teachers have for their students and are SO thankful. Reply and share a photo and/or story of a memory you have with an NHD teacher. We'll round up the responses into a post later this week 🤩 #NHD50
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In April 1896, local community groups organized a grand “Union Picnic” featuring music, a parade, speakers, lunch, and a baseball game at Whitwell. The Tracy City Cornet Band performed at the event. According to a newspaper report, about 1,000 guests attended. #TheTNPlaylist
ALT Pictured is a scene from a picnic at Whitwell, about 1900, courtesy Tennessee State Library & Archives.
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33 Knox County students win medals and awards at 23rd Annual East Tennessee History Day knoxvilledailysun.com/news/2… @NationalHistory @TennHistory @eastTNhistory @KnoxSchools
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W.C. Handy claimed to have first heard a Black musician sing the blues while waiting for a Mississippi train in 1903. When he moved to Memphis in 1909, he began writing his own. His 1912 “Memphis Blues” is widely considered the first published blues song. tnmuseum.org/tennessee-playl…
ALT Pictured is a black and white autographed photograph from our collection featuring W. C. Handy, courtesy Handy Brothers Music Company, Inc.
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By 1912, @Alcoa (The Aluminum Corporation of America) had 75% share of the entire aluminum cookware and cooking utensil market. On the Stories blog, we revisit "How Tennessee and Aluminum Shaped Our Thanksgiving Traditions" from the archives: bit.ly/3lPVLGb #Thanksgiving
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Fife and drum is a musical tradition with roots in Black communities of West Tennessee. The musical style combines African drumming traditions, military fife and drum instruments, and blues influences. See more on the interactive map: tnmuseum.org/tennessee-playl… #NationalDrummerDay
ALT Ed Harris, Fayette County Fife and Drum Band member, August 6, 1980, by Robert Jeffrey, courtesy Tennessee State Library and Archives.
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Nanye’hi (Nancy) Ward was an important Cherokee woman who fought to protect the Cherokee people and culture. Her bravery earned her the title Ghigau, or “Beloved Woman," the highest honor a Cherokee woman could receive. More: bit.ly/3SFDG0L #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth
ALT Color print by Adams Lithographing Co., Inc of Ben Hampton's portrait of Nancy Ward. Portrait is head and shoulders of woman wearing headband with feathers and multiple strands of beads.
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Catherine Wiley (1879-1958) of Knoxville had a huge impact on the Tennessee art world. Her Impressionist paintings showed a rare glimpse of southern upper-class women from a woman’s perspective. Read more about Wiley's life on the Junior Curators blog: bit.ly/3sWrKN0
ALT "Catharine Gaut" by Catherine Wiley, 1914-15, Tennessee State Museum Collection. Little girl turned slightly to her right, with brown hair containing a pink bow matching her dress against a deep blue background. See it on display in the Change and Challenge exhibition.
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It was 103 years ago #OnThisDay, August 18 in 1920 that Tennessee became the 36th and final state needed to ratify the #19thAmendment. Today, we once again unfurled our replica of the thirty-six star flag off the Museum’s veranda, a tradition that began in 2020. #WomensSuffrage
ALT When Tennessee the 36th state ratified, Aug 18, 1920, Alice Paul, National Chairman of the Woman's Party, unfurled the ratification banner from Suffrage headquarters. Courtesy @librarycongress.
ALT National Woman's Party activists watch Alice Paul sew a star onto the NWP Ratification Flag, representing another state's ratification of the 19th Amendment. Courtesy @librarycongress.
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You may have heard of Juneteenth, the new federal holiday that commemorates the liberation of enslaved African Americans on June 19. But have you heard of Emancipation Day? See the Stories blog for the origins of this day and its Tennessee connection: bit.ly/44XcVId
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This cow bone fragment, part of @TennHistory collection at the Museum, has a lead bullet embedded in it. It was recovered from the battlefield of Stones River in Murfreesboro, Tennessee (1863). Civil War battles claimed thousands of animal lives. #CowAppreciationDay
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This black and white postcard features a Louisville & Nashville Railroad depot in Lewisburg, Tennessee, part of L&N's route from Brentwood, TN to Athens, AL. Explore more postcards in this series on our Online Collections portal: (search "train depot"): bit.ly/3a1xrej
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2023 is the 350th ann. of the expedition of Fr. Jacques Marquette & Louis Jolliet. Mark Walczynski's #newbook (go.illinois.edu/s23walczynsk…) aids in broadening our view of the explorers, their travels, & their time.
Enter the giveaway to win a #freebook! ➡️ forms.gle/9oFpug3UwKDs515i7
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160 years ago, Col. William Sanders led a cavalry raid through Confederate E TN. Read all about it in Stuart Brandes's new book, Yankee Commandos. Get your copy today by visiting utpress.org
@CivilWarNews @eastTNhistory @TennHistory #twitterstorians
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Thrilled to share two recent awards!
To Embody the Marvelous, Esther Fernandez: Association for Hispanic Classical Theater, Williamsen Comedia Book Prize
To Care for the Sick and Bury the Dead, Leigh Ann Gardner: TN Historical Society, Honorable Mention - TN History Book Award
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Honorable mention! I was thrilled to contribute a chapter! Thanks @TennHistory!
James K. Polk and His Time: Essays at the Conclusion of the Polk Project
Michael David Cohen, editor, University of Tennessee Press
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Congratulations to @drpethel 🥳🥇🥳
Visit utpress.org and pick up your copy today.
We are excited to announce that the Tennessee History Book Award for 2022 goes to "Title IX, Pat Summitt, and Tennessee Trailblazers, 50 Years, 50 Stories" by Mary Ellen Pethel. The prize includes $2,000 to the winning author. @drpethel 1/5
