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12-6-22

New Acquisitions to the Museum's Collection: Fall 2022

This story originally appeared in the Fall 2022 print edition of the Tennessee State Museum Quarterly Newsletter. Ruth Goodson Lane Collection, mid-1900s A collection of photographs, newspapers, sheet music, and uniforms related to the service of Ruth Goodson Lane was recently acquired by the Tennessee State Museum. Lane, a Nashville resident, studied nursing at Nashville General Hospital and trained as a World War II Cadet Nurse. The Cadet Nurse Corps, created in June 1943 ... Read More
Posted by Stephanie Davis
Black History Change and Challenge Civil War Museum Collection Newsletter Southeastern Indian History WWII

5-18-21

Catherine Sinnott: A Life in Service Through Two World Wars

by Matthew Gailani When you enter the large glass doors to the Tennessee State Museum’s exhibit “Ratified! Tennessee Women and The Right to Vote,” you are met with numerous images of Tennesseans from multiple decades and centuries, each with their own story and contributions to the Volunteer State’s history. As you walk past the suffrage banners, portraits, and other carefully chosen artifacts, you turn a corner and find yourself in the beginning of the 20th century s... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta
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When the 30th "Old Hickory" Infantry Division Landed at Omaha Beach

by Lisa M. Budreau, Ph.D. Early on the morning of June 11, 1944, Tennesseans with the famed 30th “Old Hickory” Infantry Division came ashore at Omaha Beach, following the initial landing a few days before on what is commonly referred to as D-Day. They arrived in Normandy after extensive training, including several months at Camp Forrest, near Tullahoma, Tennessee, one of the largest World War II training facilities in America. Once ashore in France, units of the 30th&nb... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 6-5-20
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Christmas in a World War II POW Camp

by Morgan Byrn Born in Lonoke, Arkansas, Second Lieutenant Julian  J. Gates lived in Memphis, Tennessee when he joined the Army Air Corps. He kept a diary from 1942-1945 during his service in World War II, a manuscript of which is part of the Tennessee Historical Society’s “Home Front Tennessee” World War II Project records now housed at the Tennessee State Library and Archives. According to the dates listed at the beginning of the diary, Gates was captured when the Un... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 12-10-19
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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
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Ed Westcott: A Photo Assignment of (and for) a Lifetime

by Nick Fielder Imagine, if you will, that you are a 20-year-old photographer working for the Nashville office of the Corps of Engineers in 1942. You are told to report to East Tennessee to photograph a new construction project near Knoxville called the Clinton Engineer Works. Upon arrival you are given a badge and told you can go anywhere on the site but cannot tell anyone what you see, hear or photograph. This is what happened to Ed Westcott as he documented the secret Manhattan ... Read More
Posted by Joseph Pagetta at 5-6-19
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