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6-29-22

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection: Spring 2022

This story originally appeared in the Spring 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Stickball Sticks and Ball by Jimmy Harlan and Michael Crowe, 2021 The Museum recently commissioned Eastern Band of the Cherokee artisan and woodcarver, Jimmy Harlan, to create a pair of stickball sticks for the collection. Michael Crowe, also a member of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee, created the ball. Stickball has long been an important part of the social ... Read More
Posted by Melina Ludwig
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The Most Popular Museum Blog Posts of 2020

Posts focused on Women's History, stemming in part from the Museum's commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, dominated readers' interest on the Museum's Stories blog this year. Eight out of the ten top posts were about women's history. But the history of pandemics and social justice were on everyone's minds as well, whether it was honoring the healthcare heroes of 1918, exploring the life of Ida B. Well... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 12-28-20
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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
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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
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Shiloh: A Reflection through Artifacts 

By Richard White The trees are in bloom and the promise of spring again hovers over Tennessee. For most of my life, this time of year has meant a pilgrimage of sorts to Shiloh National Military Park in Hardin County, southwestern Tennessee. Being a native Tennessean, with strong family connections to the state’s history, the story of Shiloh was relayed to me at a young age. I was too young to remember my first visit, which exists now as only a faint family story. My parents t... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 4-4-20
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