Monday, May 28, 2018 Monday – Memorial Day – saw the re-dedication of the Benevolent Cemetery located on the west side of South Church Street (Murfreesboro) just over the railroad tracks. History of the Benevolent Cemetery The property, formerly owned by the Benevolent Lodge #11 (January 7, 1897) and later…
Linn White, City of Murfreesboro Stones River National Battlefield hosts the 3rd annual Decoration Day. Members of the community and visitors from all over came out to honor those who bravely fought for freedom. City TV reporter Michael Linn White was honored to share this story.
Ginny Olerud Williams, Gil’s Ace Hardware, May 20, 2018 “Today would be my Mom’s 93rd Birthday. She is 28 years old in this picture dated 1953 in the Rutherford Courier. She is in the first Grocery Store. My Dad and Mom were a great team! Betsy Waldron, thanks to David…
Frank Caperton, President, Rutherford County Historical Society, May 16, 2018 Many thanks to lifelong Rutherford County resident Judy Adamson! From the Daily News Journal, January 8, 1981: The 1956 graduating class of Lascassas High School, along with the class of 1955, held a reunion at the school (ed. Lascassas School)…
Margie Weatherford, Rutherford County Historical Society, May 9, 2018 Each spring, Jill Mayfield Austin and her class put on quite the show with a living display of history.
Sunday, April 29, 2018, Murfreesboro, TN The Murfreesboro Police Department held an open house showing off the new $55.4 million headquarters. Thank you WGNS Radio for the coverage: The new headquarters is over 135-thousand square feet and Bowen says the best part is all police divisions will be under one…
Frank Caperton, President of the RCHS, April 28, 2018 The weather was perfect, the crowd festive and the cause worthy…
Started in 1973, Buster’s Place has been serving Middle Tennessee the Best Hamburgers South of the Mason-Dixon Line! In 2013, ownership passed from the Buster Pugh Family to Peter and Kathy Moret. Please enjoy this piece from ‘Tennessee Crossroads‘:
April 20, 2018, Pettus Read Rockvale Sports of Days Gone Bye – This is the elementary team of the Rockvale School back in 1962. An interesting fact about the front row is from that group this county has had serve it one current County Commissioner, two former County Commissioners and…
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, TN, April 20, 2018 This WWII Veteran has a rugged exterior standing about 6 feet tall with grit in his face that says tread lightly. The 89 year old U.S. Marine who now calls Murfreesboro, TN home has worked at the top secret Area 51 base, controlled…