WGNS Radio, February 20, 2018 In April of 2016, MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee accepted a recommendation by the Forrest Hall Task Force to change the name of the Army Reserve Officers Training Corps building (ROTC). The task force was formed after a group of students and community members suggested…
WGNS Radio, February 19, 2018 February 17 – March 9, 2018 WAY back in 2000 or 2001, the RCHS was entertained by a speaker concerning Southern writers, including Eudora Welty. The MTSU Department of Art is proud to announce an exhibition of Eugenia Welty Photography that is currently on display…
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, February 15, 2018 Kevin Douglass Greene, great-great-grandson of famed abolitionist Frederick Douglass, encouraged the community to help youth turn dreams into goals at Middle Tennessee State University’s Unity Luncheon on Thursday. “We encourage them to dream. We need to provide the tools for them…
Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal, February 12, 2018 Sam Davis Home will forever exemplify a special family to the hearts of Tennesseans. In the 1960s, my grandfather Glendon Johns built a replica cabin on the property during the winter months he was not working his farm in Old Jefferson. …
Saturday, February 18, 2018 The 3rd annual tour of the community once known as ‘Cemetery’ was an unqualified success. Two motor coaches loaded to local history supporters visited the historic Stones River United Methodist Church and Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church. We enjoyed history, entertainment, education and fellowship.
MORGANS CHAPEL 1873-1882 was a subscription school held in the Morgan’s Chapel Methodist Church on the south side of Bradyville Pike. It was in the Dilton community. On September 15, 1873, Nace S. Overall signed a gift deed to B. M. Neal, Robert N. Ward, W. P. Henderson, John W.…
February 5, 2018, WGNS Radio The deadline for purchasing tickets to MTSU’s annual homage to unsung African-American community heroes is approaching quickly. Wednesday, Feb. 7, is the final day to buy tickets to the Unity Luncheon, which is slated for 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, in the Student Union Ballroom.…
HENDERSON SCHOOL late l800’s-1934 was located on the Manchester Pike, south of its intersection with the Dilton-Mankin Lane but on the west side of the road. It was thought to have been built in the late 1800’s when Franklin Henderson owned the plantation and before Henry Pfeil bought the place…
Fawn Weaver, The Daily News Journal, February 4, 2018 Black History Month is about honoring the great African- American men and women who came before us. It is also a great time to honor the honorable men and women who stood beside us when they could have turned their backs…
HALL’S HILL SCHOOL 1937-1961 was built on the foundation of the previous school. The frame schoolhouse necessarily had a floor plan much like that of the school which had burned. Because it had no kitchen, patrons built a kitchen large enough to serve also as a dining room. An electric…