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The 2016 Tennessee
Great War Commission Symposium will be held at various West Tennessee locations
Nov. 4-6. The symposium, hosted by the Tennessee Great War Commission, seeks to
tell the story of the Volunteer State and its citizens during World War I. All
events are free and open to the public.
An opening commemoration ceremony
will begin at 5 p.m., Nov. 4, at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson. The event
will honor the men and women of Madison County who served in the Great War and
include proclamations from Madison County Mayor Jimmy Harris and city of
Jackson Mayor Jerry Gist, as well as a carillon concert performance of
patriotic songs.
The World War I Symposium will
officially begin with registration at 8:30 a.m., Nov. 5, at the Casey Jones
Railroad Museum in Jackson. Attendees will hear keynote speaker Dr. George Nash
present on “Herbert Hoover, the U.S. Food Administration and Dr. J. A. H.
Morgan” at 9:10. Nash is a widely recognized authority on the life of President
Herbert Hoover and is the author of several books and journal articles on the
subject.
The symposium will continue with a
presentation by Dr. Tara Mitchell Mielnik, historian and preservation planner
with the Metropolitan Historical Commission, at 10:15. Mielnik will
give a lecture titled “Building Powder City: Old Hickory Village, Tennessee.”
Linda Wynn, a faculty member in the
Department of History and Political Science at Fisk University (and member of the Metropolitan Historical Commission), will conclude
the morning program with a presentation titled “Black Communities in
Tennessee.”
After lunch, attendees can tour an
exhibit featuring trains from the World War I period at 12:15 p.m. and view a
military exhibit and reenactment beginning at 1:30. The symposium will
reconvene at 3 p.m. in Jackson’s Bemis Museum for a final presentation titled
“The Bemus Mill in the Great War” by Dr. Nancy Parrish, adjunct professor at
the University of Northern Ohio.
The week’s events will end with a
living history performance at 2 p.m., Nov. 6, at the Weakley County Courthouse
in Dresden.
This is the second year of the
Tennessee Great War Commission’s celebration of the Great War’s 100th
anniversary. The symposium is sponsored in part by the University of Tennessee
at Martin, the city of Jackson and the Madison County commission, as well as
many other organizations and individuals statewide.
For more information, visit
tnsos.net/TSLA/GWC/index.htm or contact Dr. Alice-Catherine Carls, Tom Elam
distinguished professor of history at UT Martin and a member of the TGWC, at
731-881-7472 or by email at accarls@utm.edu.
Obtain
4 CE credits and learn about local historic zoning. Historic
Preservation 101 for Nashville Realtors & Developers will be held on
Friday, December 2, 8:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. for $30. To learn more and register for the training, visit: https://www.eventzilla.net/web/event/historic-preservation-101-for-tennessee-realtors-and-developers-2138871494
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Historic properties are valuable to potential buyers because of their existing
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Metro Parks and Recreation has hosted several community
meetings and online surveys over the past few months as part of “Plan To Play,”
its comprehensive master planning process.
Since the first meeting in June, over 9,000 citizens have
shared what they love about our parks and greenways and what they would like to
see improved. Now, Metro Parks and Recreation wants to share what the
department has learned – including national trends and a comparative analysis
of other cities – and key preliminary recommendations for the park system over
the next 10 years. Parks officials expect the master plan to be finalized by
early 2017.
Visit Plan to Play to learn more, including how historic sites factor in the master planning process!
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On Sunday, October 9, 2016, Historic Nashville, Inc. announced the 2016 Nashville Nine. A list compiled each year through a public nomination process, the Nashville Nine reveals nine historic properties endangered by demolition, neglect or development. Past lists have included properties such as the historic RCA Studio A on Music Row, Highland Heights School in East Nashville and the Tennessee State Prison.
In the News...
"My love for it was greater than my fear of the obstacles.” -- Karen Goodlow, speaking about using tax credits in rehabilitating the historic fire hall for Engine Company No. 18 on Gallatin Road
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