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Tennessee is one of the 50 states of the United States. What is now Tennessee was initially part of North Carolina, and later part of the Southwest Territory. It was admitted to the Union on June 1, 1796, as the 16th state. Tennessee earned the nickname "The Volunteer State" during the War of 1812, when many Tennesseans helped with the war ...
Tennessee Encyclopedia is a reference book on the U.S. state of Tennessee that was published in book form in 1998 and has also been available online since 2002. Contents include history, geography, culture, and biography . The original print edition was developed as a Tennessee Historical Society educational project for the Tennessee state ...
May 30, 1974. ( #73001806) Henning. 35°38′10″N 89°50′32″W. / 35.6361°N 89.8422°W / 35.6361; -89.8422 ( Fort Pillow) Lauderdale. The Confederate victory at the Battle of Fort Pillow (April 1864) ended in the killing of 229 Black Union soldiers out of 262 engaged in the battle.
October 31, 1897. The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition was an exposition held in Nashville from May 1 – October 31, 1897 in what is now Centennial Park. A year late, it celebrated the 100th anniversary of Tennessee 's entry into the union in 1796. [1] President William McKinley officially opened the event from the White House ...
Crowds mark Tennessee’s 228th birthday as archives debuts new ‘Dear Governor’ exhibit. Gannett. Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean. June 2, 2024 at 2:05 AM. As an archivist walked behind the ...
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From the house at Auschwitz, Bruno sees the camp in which the prisoners' uniforms appear to him to be "striped pyjamas". One day Bruno decides to explore the wire fence surrounding the camp. He meets a Jewish boy, Shmuel, who he learns shares his birthday (April 15) and age. Shmuel says that his father, grandfather, and brother are with him on ...
James Robertson (explorer) James Robertson (June 28, 1742 – September 1, 1814) was an American explorer, soldier and Indian agent, and one of the founding fathers of what became the State of Tennessee. An early companion of explorer Daniel Boone, Robertson helped establish the Watauga Association in the early 1770s, and to defend Fort Watauga ...