Jonathan Fagan, The Murfreesboro Post, March 7, 2013 Almost exactly 150 years ago today, a Confederate hero was just beginning a path that would lead to his torturous death, and now a local politician has decided to honor his legacy. The waning winter weeks of early 1863 had seen Confederate…
It’s about that time once again. Wedding Dress Exhibit is coming January 12, 2014. For more information visit Oaklands Historic House Museum on Facebook or www.oaklandsmuseum.org.
The Murfreesboro Post, March 3, 2013 A new National Park Service report for 2011 shows that the 187,000 visitors came to Stones River National Battlefield. A new National Park Service report for 2011 shows that the 187,000 visitors to Stones River National Battlefield spent more than $9.9 million in communities…
Gloria Shacklett Christy, The Murfreesboro Post, February 24, 2013 Rutherford County provided more than 4,000 men for active service in World War II. One of those men who served was my father, Richard Claude Shacklett. The circumstances surrounding war times had brought two very different people together from opposite ends…
DNJ, Scott Broden, Sunday, February 10, 2013 — When it comes to local heritage, new Rutherford County Historian Greg Tucker plans to visit schools to teach the next generation about the local people and events of past years. “That’s what has shaped who we are and what we are today,”…
Michelle Willard, The Murfreesboro Post, February 14, 2013 When Heather Chaput entered the Tennessee State Museum’s Freedom’s Call Emancipation Proclamation essay contest, she never dreamed she would win. “Things like this don’t happen to people you know, especially not me,” said Chaput, a junior at Daniel-McKee Alternative School. Chaput explained…
DNJ, Mark Bell, Sunday, February 10, 2013 — J.C. Rogers remembers as a young boy hearing Uncle Dave Macon play his banjo and guitar on Macon’s front porch in this small community located out Woodbury Highway. J.C. Rogers, now in his 80s, grew up around the community right near the…
The Murfreesboro Post, February 5, 2013 Thanks to the Center for Popular Music and the James K. Polk Ancestral Home in Columbia, the community can get a glimpse into the music of a former first lady — and a century — in two free public concerts. At age 13, Murfreesboro…
Ralph Vaughn, The Murfreesboro Post, February 3, 2013 Many of us Baby Boomers believe that our parents and others from that age group were truly the Greatest Generation. They endured the Great Depression and fought a war on foreign soil to help preserve and protect the freedoms that we hold…
The Murfreesboro Post, January 26, 2013 As part of Black History Month, Linebaugh Library plays host to Murfreesboro native and author Devora E. Butler for a special lecture about the history of African-Americans in Rutherford County. Butler will be speaking at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, in the library’s Reading…