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Uncle Bobby and D-Day

by Dan E. Pomeroy Among the many heirlooms that I have inherited is my mother’s family photo album. I was reminded of it again the other night as I was watching television and a news story came on about the up-coming 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy (on Thursday, June 6). My Uncle Bobby Kabrich was one of the soldiers who landed on Omaha Beach on that fateful day of June 6, as a member of the 29th Infantry Division. He had graduated from high school barely ... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 6-4-19
WWII

Tennessee State Museum Explores the Rich and Diverse History of Tennessee Food in New Exhibition

The Tennessee State Museum will explore the rich and diverse history of Tennessee’s food through a new exhibition, Let’s Eat! Origins and Evolutions of Tennessee Food, set to open on August 9, 2019 at the Museum’s Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park location in Nashville and run through February 2, 2020. “Whether barbecued, fried, roasted, pickled, or chilled, the food of Tennessee, and the southern United States, is a meeting of Southeastern Indian, West Europe... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 6-4-19
Featured Tennessee Foodways

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