Historic Collinsville in rural Montgomery County has announced a series of special events, June 13-15. “Civil War Days” will feature the sights, sounds, and stories of the Civil War era, with military ...

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln called for volunteers to fight for the Union Army as the Civil War broke out between the ...

Lynn Walker Gendusa grew up with Bobby Ray, who would go on to fight in Vietnam. She honors his willingness to sacrifice his ...

Memorial Day became an official holiday in 1971, but it started in 1868 as Decoration Day. It began as an effort to remember ...

Sam Houston spoke fluent Cherokee and English, elevating him to the role of liaison between the Cherokees and the United States. At the “Lunch and Learn” May 20, Jay Hannah, historian and Cherokee ...

Granny was all about tradition, duty, and honor. Without the sacred traditions of the families and the elders who came before ...

Hurricane Helene cleanup efforts in East Tennessee are up against a stiff ... in coves to prevent the debris from floating away. TVA Civil Construction Manager Kevin Holbrook said about three ...

They want to go back to America as it existed before the Civil Rights movement ... in a conference in Middle Tennessee, to the compound being built in East Tennessee, Patriot Front has become ...

Students uncovered Civil War-era bullets, called minié balls ... The deep history in East Tennessee gives students a new level of appreciation for their school, Hollenbach said.

He had grand plans to then move east and connect with Confederate ... effectively ending the Civil War in Tennessee. Unlike many other Civil War battlefields, much of the area where Union and ...

“Mountains Turned to Sepulchers: Guerrilla War During American Civil War in East Tennessee” will be presented at the Sept. 11 Cumberland Mountain Civil War Roundtable. The Cumberland Mountain ...