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TN History for Kids: Zollicoffer remembered for duel, Civil War fate

By Bill Carey/Tennessee History for Kids TN History for Kids: Zollicoffer remembered for duel, Civil War fate The next time you’re in Nashville, visit the City Cemetery. There you will find the graves of no less than four Civil War generals—one of whom is Felix Zollicoffer. Zollicoffer was born in Columbia, Tennessee, and was trained…

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TN History for Kids: Ruskin commune made home in Dickson County

By Bill Carey/Tennessee History for Kids TN History for Kids: Ruskin commune made home in Dickson County Just when you think you’ve heard it all, along comes the following anecdote: Over a century ago, Dickson County was home to one of the world’s most famous communes. It was started by Julius Wayland, publisher of one…

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TN History for Kids: From Textbook Photo to a Book about Slavery

  TN History for Kids: From Textbook Photo to a Book about Slavery By Bill Carey/Tennessee History for Kids It started when John Baker was a seventh grader at Westside Elementary School in Springfield. While paging through his social studies book, he was drawn to an 1891 photo that showed four older people in front…

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Tennessee History For Kids: 51 years ago, Nixon gave Elvis a Badge

Tennessee History For Kids: 51 years ago, Nixon gave Elvis a Badge On December 21, 1970, a White House photographer snapped a photograph of Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon together in the Oval Office. Today, that photograph is the most requested image in the National Archives. So what’s the story behind this meeting? According to…

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Tennessee History For Kids: The Canal that Nearly Changed Tennessee History

Tennessee History For Kids: The Canal that Nearly Changed Tennessee History By Bill Carey Tennessee’s eighth grade students learn about the Erie Canal—the artificial body of water that connected the Hudson River to the Great Lakes. They also learn that the Erie Canal is largely responsible for making New York the largest city in America.…

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