TN History for Kids

    Tennessee History For Kids:  By Bill Carey/Tennessee History for Kids General Andrews is Tennessee’s most overlooked military hero Here is a fact that not enough Tennesseans know: Joint Base Andrews (formerly known as Andrews Air Force Base) is named for a man from Nashville. Frank Maxwell Andrews is considered one of the founders…

Tennessee History For Kids:  By Bill Carey/Tennessee History for Kids Former German soldier recalls life at Crossville POW camp There were about half a dozen prisoner of war camps in Tennessee during World War II—the best known of which was Camp Crossville, in Cumberland County. We know a lot more about Camp Crossville than the…

Tennessee History For Kids: “Free Speech”     When It Came to Abolitionism, Tennesseans Didn’t Have “Free Speech” By Bill Carey/Tennessee History for Kids Tennesseans talk a lot about the right of free speech, and they should. But it’s interesting to note that free Tennesseans have not always had the right of free speech, at…

    Kings Mountain turned tide of American Revolution By Bill Carey/Tennessee History for Kids October 7 is the 241st anniversary of the most important victory in Tennessee history. During the Revolutionary War, a British commander named Patrick Ferguson led an army of British loyalists through South Carolina. Along the way, he sent a message…

Tennessee History For Kids Piggly Wiggly, Sole Owner Stores and the Green Bay Packers By Bill Carey/Tennessee History for Kids The rise and fall of Memphis businessman Clarence Saunders involves Piggly Wiggly, the Pink Palace, the New York Stock Exchange, Sole Owner Stores and (as a footnote) the Green Bay Packers. It’s hard to tell…

Tennessee History for Kids: Originally, Gatlinburg was to be Clear Cut and Mined By Bill Carey Tennessee History for Kids Hindsight’s 20/20, and humans have never been able to predict the future. Today we associate Gatlinburg with hotel rooms, kid-friendly museums, rides, tourist traps, mountain scenery and hiking. A century ago, practically no one foresaw…

Tennessee’s Landscape Changed with the Interstate Highway System By Bill Carey Tennessee History for Kids Most of us, I suspect, don’t think much about what life would have been like without the interstate highway system. But if it weren’t for the interstates, most of us wouldn’t live where we live and vacation the way we…