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11-22-20

How Tennessee and Aluminum Shaped Our Thanksgiving Traditions

by Ashley Howell How has geography influenced your Thanksgiving traditions? As you prepare for this Thanksgiving, the recipes and techniques you use to prepare your Thanksgiving turkey could have been influenced by a corporate entity that sold aluminum cookware – and its attraction to the geography of Tennessee – more than one hundred years ago. ALCOA in Tennessee The Aluminum Corporation of America, later renamed ALCOA, was founded in in 1888 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. By 19... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
Tennessee Foodways

Civil War Flags of Tennessee | Part 3: Three Flags in the Collection

This is the third in a three-part blog series curated by Richard White about the Museum's new book, Civil War Flags of Tennessee (The University of Tennessee Press) Civil War Flags of Tennessee, Stephen D. Cox, Principal Author and Editor-in-Chief (The University of Tennessee Press) Buy Now by Richard White The first two installments in this blog series highlighted the history of flags in the military and the construction and inscriptions found on flags. This final installm... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 11-18-20
Civil War Civil War Flags

Civil War Flags of Tennessee | Part 2: Flag Construction and Inscriptions

This is the second in a three-part blog series curated by Richard White about the Museum's new book, Civil War Flags of Tennessee (The University of Tennessee Press) Civil War Flags of Tennessee, Stephen D. Cox, Principal Author and Editor-in-Chief (The University of Tennessee Press) Buy Now by Richard White. The Tennessee State Museum’s new book, Civil War Flags of Tennessee, by principal author and editor-in-chief Stephen Cox, is currently available through the Univ... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 11-12-20
Civil War Flags

Civil War Flags of Tennessee | Part 1: A Brief History of Military Flags

This is the first in a three-part blog series curated by Richard White about the Museum's new book, Civil War Flags of Tennessee (The University of Tennessee Press) Civil War Flags of Tennessee, Stephen D. Cox, Principal Author and Editor-in-Chief (The University of Tennessee Press) Buy Now by Richard White Recently released by University of Tennessee Press, Civil War Flags of Tennessee is a monumental work, and a project 20 years in the making. The book covers the flags of Unio... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 11-5-20
Civil War Civil War Flags

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