Veterans Day: Remembering a Tennessee WWI Hero
By Meghan E. Gattignolo Today is Veterans Day. Significantly observed on November 11th, Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day – and is still recognized as such in many other…
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Jacob Lawrence: Painting History
By Meghan E. Gattignolo November is here, and the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center has a new and exciting exhibit ready for Museum guests to enjoy. Jacob Lawrence…
Scary Stories: 4 Reasons Why We Love Them
By Meghan E. Gattignolo One of my favorite things to do in the autumn around Halloween is to immerse myself in spooky stories. Edgar Allan Poe was a favorite author of…
The Fatal Ultimatum: Trick-or-Treating’s Spooky Backstory
By Meghan E. Gattignolo Getting in costume and going door-to-door asking for candy on Halloween night has become such a time-honored childhood rite of passage, it’s almost treated as sacred….
So Toxic: Everyday Dangers of the 19th Century
By Meghan E. Gattignolo Thanks to the Industrial Revolution, the 19th century was a time of extraordinary change. Industrialization changed the way everything was made. Manufactured objects and food products…
Eleanor Williams: A Woman for All Seasons
By Jane Slate Prominent Tennessee historian Eleanor S. Williams is no longer with us, though her decades of outstanding scholarship, community commitment and leadership leave a legacy that lives on. …