Scott Broden, Daily News Journal, June 29, 2015 MURFREESBORO – A Sons of Confederate Veterans monument to honor 26 killed cavalrymen with a Nathan Bedford Forrest-led raid will be erected where they’re buried at Old City Cemetery. “It’s going to mark graves that were previously unmarked,” Rutherford County Historian Greg…
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, June 29, 2015 KITTRELL COMMUNITY — Probably the most famous person to reside in the Kittrell Community is the late Grand Ole Opry star Uncle Dave Macon. During the second weekend of each July, Uncle Dave Macon Days Old-Time Music Festival honors the memory…
Few realize we have a highly decorated World War I veteran in our historical past. James Allison Ridley, first lieutenant (Infantry), received the Distinguished Service Cross for his outstanding action during the heat of battle in the 11 3 th Machine Gun Battalion, 30 th Division, American Expeditionary Force in…
Daily News Journal, Brian Wilson , June 14, 2015 SMYRNA — A six-month celebration of Smyrna’s past 100 years kicked off Friday in a historic neighborhood where town leaders have focused improvements and redevelopment. The centennial event at the Simply Smyrna celebration was geared to recognize the town’s history and consider…
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, June 7, 2015 When I research William Reade Rucker, the term ‘honorable’ always comes to mind. At age 30, William was mayor of Murfreesboro from 1822 to 1823 in an exciting day when our town was state capital of Tennessee; and all was moving along…
Susan Harber, Daily News Journal, Sunday, May 31, 2015 Fosterville, also known as Jordan’s Valley, brims with 182 years of a long, deep history; yet we will glimpse into the earliest days of the community and explore the tragedy and triumph. The community is in the southernmost section of Rutherford…
Nancy De Genarro, Daily News Journal, May 25, 2015 MURFREESBORO – Retired Lt. Gen. Keith Huber was guest speaker at the Memorial Day service held Sunday at Stones River National Cemetery. “I’m here today to speak on behalf of all our armed forces: past, present and those in the future. And to…
Nancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, May 24, 2015 MURFREESBORO – For more than 80 years, Murfreesboro residents have had a national park in their backyard. And it just got bigger. Recently the Civil War Trust purchased two tracts of land, approximately 2 acres total in size, which will help protect…
ruNancy De Gennaro, Daily News Journal, May 24, 2015 MURFREESBORO – Choking back tears, biting his upper lip, 8-year-old Christian Golczynski looks into the eyes of the Marine colonel who hands the boy the folded American flag that was draped over his father’s coffin. That moment of strength was captured…
May, 16, 1926, The Nashville Banner You just never know what the volunteers of the Rutherford County Historical Society will come across!