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Confederate Monument (Franklin, Tennessee)

The Confederate Monument, also known as Chip, or Our Confederate Soldiers, is located on the grounds of the Williamson County Courthouse in the county seat - Franklin, Tennessee, United States. Installed in 1899, it is an Italian marble statue portraying a single Confederate soldier atop a tall column and base. The Battle of Franklin took place here during the American Civil War, and was won by the Union. History Dedication The monument includes a 6 ft. 6 in.-tall Italian marble sculpture of a Confederate soldier shown at parade rest, on top of a tall column and base of granite and marble, which together are approximately 37 ft. 8 in. tall. The whole monument cost "nearly $2,700" to create in the late 1890s. It was dedicated by the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy on November 30, 1899. Confederate General George Gordon attended the dedication, as did the widows and children of Brigadier General John Adams, and Tennessee Governor Benton McMillin. The flag of the 32nd Tennessee Infantry Regiment was raised; The Tennessean noted that it had not been flown in Franklin since 1861. Chapters of the UDC had developed across the South in the late 19th century, when the women were instrumental in getting Confederate cemeteries funded and organized, and in conducting the work of documenting and commemorating Confederate contributions. UDC members wrote memoirs and textbooks in addition to raising funds for monuments. Restorations The monument was restored by the City of Franklin at a cost of $750 in 1980. The city restored it again in 2010. At the time, Mayor John Schroer opined, "This is an important piece of the city of Franklin." Call for its removal On August 17, 2017 a petition was circulated calling for its removal. Another petition to keep the monument was also started. Both petitions had thousands of signatures by late August. Eric Stuckey, Franklin's city administrator, said the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act prevented the city from removing the monument without the consent of the Tennessee Historical Commission. As of May 2021, the issue is in litigation. Description The monument's inscription reads: “ERECTED TO / CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS / BY FRANKLIN CHAPTER / NO. 14 / DAUGHTERS OF / THE CONFEDERACY / NOV. 30, A.D. 1899” “ IN HONOR AND MEMORY / OF OUR HEROES / BOTH PRIVATE AND CHIEF / OF THE / SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY. / NO COUNTRY EVER HAD / TRUER SONS, / NO CAUSE / NOBLER CHAMPIONS, / NO PEOPLE / BOLDER DEFENDERS / THAN THE BRAVE SOLDIERS / TO WHOSE MEMORY / THIS STONE IS ERECTED.” “WOULD IT BE / A BLAME FOR US / IF THEIR MEMORY PART / FROM OUR LAND AND HEARTS / AND A WRONG TO THEM / AND A SHAME TO US. / THE GLORIES THEY WON / SHALL NOT WANE FROM US. / IN LEGEND AND LAY, OUR HEROES IN GRAY / SHALL EVER LIVE / OVER AGAIN FOR US.” “WE WHO SAW AND KNEW THEM WELL / ARE WITNESSES / TO COMING AGES / OF THEIR VALOR / AND FIDELITY. / TRIED AND TRUE. GLORY DROWNED / 1861-1865 The monument contains a USGS survey marker noting that in 1931 it was 648.82L Ft. above sea level. References
Bethesda Presbyterian Church (Russellville, Tennessee)

Bethesda Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Russellville, Tennessee, US, that was used as a hospital during the American Civil War. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. History Bethesda Presbyterian Church was organized in 1832. The church building was completed in 1835. It is a brick building equipped with high-back wooden pews and an "ornate" wooden pulpit. As the Civil War approached, the congregants' sympathies were divided between the Union and secessionist sides. The split led the church to suspend activity until after the hostilities ended. Some 25,000 Confederate Army soldiers under the command of General James Longstreet arrived at the church in December 1863 to spend the winter, after the Battle of Bean's Station. They remained there until February 1864 and used the church building as a hospital. Military engagements occurred near the church in both October and November 1864. In the Battle of Morristown (also known as "Vaughn's Stampede") in October, Union forces under General Alvan C. Gillem attacked Confederate troops commanded by General John C. Vaughn, causing them to retreat to Carter's Station on the Watauga River. In the Battle of Bull's Gap (also known as “Gillem's Stampede”) in November, Confederate forces under General John C. Breckinridge and Vaughn prevailed over Gillem's troops, chasing the Union forces westward to a defensive position near Knoxville. During one of these skirmishes, a cannonball penetrated one of the church walls, causing structural damage that was repaired by reinforcing the walls with large iron rods. The Union Army used the church as a hospital for soldiers wounded in these operations. Many soldiers from both sides are interred in the church cemetery. Eighty of the wartime burials are unidentified. Worship services resumed after the war ended, but church members could not reconcile their political differences. Confederate and Union supporters sat on different sides of the church, separated by empty pews. In 1871, one group walked out together; they then joined the Presbyterian Church of Morristown. The other group continued to worship at Bethesda Presbyterian Church until 1875, when they closed Bethesda and left to become part of the new Russellville Presbyterian Church. Modern status The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. The church building and its cemetery are maintained by members of a local chapter of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. In 2011, a pair of local teenagers vandalized the church and its cemetery, breaking windows and defacing gravestones. It currently has a Civil War Trails sign that signifies its usage in the American Civil War and a plaque honoring the fallen Civil War veterans. References External links U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bethesda Church Bethesda Cemetery at Find a Grave
Big Hill Pond State Park

Big Hill Pond State Park is a state park in the southwestern part of McNairy County in southwestern Tennessee. Description The park has an area of 4,138 acres (16.75 km2) and is forested with timberland and hardwood bottomland. Cypress Creek and the Tuscumbia River border the property. The park's central feature is 35-acre (140,000 m2) Travis McNatt Lake. The namesake Big Hill Pond was formed by excavation in 1853 as a borrow pit that was a source for soil used to build a levee across the Tuscumbia and Cypress Creek bottoms for the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. In addition, the floodplains of the Tuscumbia River and Cypress Creek contain small oxbow lakes and sloughs that provide desirable habitat for waterfowl, other wildlife, and fish. A large stand of cypress trees has grown up in and around Big Hill Pond, which is accessible by four-wheel-drive vehicles. The park contains the Big Hill Pond Fortification, which was the site of Union defenses above the Memphis and Charleston Railroad during the Civil War. External links Official website U.S. Geological Survey Map at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
Fisk University

Die Fisk University (Fisk-Universität) in Nashville ist eine private Hochschule für Afroamerikaner, die 1866 gegründet wurde. Ihr früherer Name war The Fisk Freed Colored School. 1930 war die Fisk-Universität die erste afroamerikanische Bildungseinrichtung, die von der Southern Association of Colleges anerkannt wurde. Namenspatron der Universität ist der General Clinton B. Fisk (1828–1890), der sich für die Aufhebung der Rassentrennung eingesetzt hatte. An der Fisk-Universität gibt es aktuell (Stand 2018) 805 Studienplätze. Die Hochschule ist unter anderem für die Förderung der afroamerikanischen Musiktradition bekannt. Bekannte Absolventen Lil Hardin Armstrong, Jazz-Pianistin, -Sängerin und -Komponistin Constance Baker Motley, Juristin und erste afroamerikanische Richterin an einem US-Bundesgericht W. E. B. Du Bois, Historiker, Soziologe, Philosoph, Journalist und Vorkämpfer der Bürgerrechtsbewegung Hank Duncan, Stride-Pianist und Bandleader des Dixieland Jazz John Hope Franklin, Historiker, Präsident der American Historical Association und Professor der Geschichte an der Duke University Elmer Imes, Physiker Jedidah Isler, Astrophysikerin und Hochschullehrerin Wade H. McCree, Jurist und United States Solicitor General Henry Wells, Jazz-Posaunist und Sänger des Swing Etta Zuber Falconer, Mathematikerin und Hochschullehrerin Weblinks Offizielle Website Einzelnachweise
Université Fisk

L'université Fisk (en anglais : Fisk University) est une université américaine située à Nashville dans le Tennessee. Historique Fondée le 9 janvier 1866, l'université Fisk est une université traditionnellement noire. Elle porte le nom de Clinton Bowen Fisk. Personnalités liées à l'université Professeurs Étudiants Notes et références (en) Cet article est partiellement ou en totalité issu de l’article de Wikipédia en anglais intitulé « Fisk University » (voir la liste des auteurs). Liens externes (en) Site officiel Portail des universités américaines Portail du Registre national des lieux historiques Portail de Nashville Portail des Afro-Américains
Fisk University

Fisk University är ett privat, historiskt svart universitet i Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Universitetet grundades 1866 för svarta studenter av den amerikanske affärsmannen Clinton Bowen Fisk. Kända studenter Lillian Hardin Armstrong Baker Motley Marion Barry Mary Frances Berry Joyce Bolden Elmo Brady Cora Brown Hortense Canady Alfred O. Coffin Johnnetta B. Cole William L. Dawson (politiker) Charles Diggs W. E. B. Du Bois Etta Zuber Falconer John Hope Franklin Victor O. Frazer Nikki Giovanni Louis George Gregory Alcee Hastings Roland Hayes Perry Wilbon Howard Elmer Imes (fysiker) Robert James Judith Jamison Ted Jarrett Dr. Charles Jeter Lewis Wade Jones Ella Mae Johnson Percy Lavon Julian Matthew Knowles Julius Lester David Levering Lewis John Lewis (politiker) Jimmie Lunceford E.M. Lysonge Wade H. McCree Leslie Meek Ronald E. Mickens Undine Smith Moore Diane Nash Rachel B. Noel Hazel R. O'Leary Anita Ponder Alma Powell Kay George Roberts Bradley T Sheares Martha Lynn Sherrod Ron Walters Ida B. Wells Charles H. Wesley Yetta Young Kym Whitley Referenser Externa länkar Wikimedia Commons har media som rör Fisk University.﻿ www.fisk.edu - Officiell webbsida
Blackman High School

Blackman High School is a high school located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States which is operated by the Rutherford County Schools. The school was established in 2000 to complement the existing Blackman Elementary School. History Blackman High School was established in 2000 to provide a primary school for the residents living in western Rutherford County. It was the first High School established in Rutherford county since 1972. Campus Recent additions to Blackman High include the construction of a new classroom wing, the "G" hall, 3 new portables outside of the west wing of the school, a large band room, and a field area near the cafeteria. The baseball program built a fieldhouse in 2005 and the football program finished the construction of a fieldhouse in 2010. Athletics The Backyard Brawl is the name of the rivalry between Blackman High School and Riverdale High School. This rivalry dates back to Blackman High Schools' opening in 2000. Most of Blackman's student body went to Riverdale and Oakland the year before. Riverdale and Oakland were the only two high schools open in Murfreesboro at the time. Notable alumni Drew Beam, pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization Crystal Dangerfield, point guard for the Dallas Wings Jauan Jennings, NFL football player with the San Francisco 49ers Trey Knox, NFL tight end for the Minnesota Vikings, played college football for the Arkansas Razorbacks and the South Carolina Gamecocks David Price (born 1985), Major League Baseball pitcher Adam Smith, former professional football offensive guard Master Teague, former NFL running back for the Chicago Bears and the Pittsburgh Steelers Darius Thompson, American professional basketball player Zander Wiel, American professional baseball outfielder and first baseman References External links Blackman High School Rutherford County School System
Booker T. Washington State Park (Tennessee)

Booker T. Washington State Park is a 353-acre (1.43 km2) park situated on the shores of Chickamauga Lake. It was built largely by African-American units of the Civilian Conservation Corps. It was originally designated under segregation as one of two Tennessee State Parks for use by blacks (the other being T. O. Fuller State Park near Memphis) until discrimination in public accommodations in the United States was banned under the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Facilities The park has facilities to accommodate all its visitors: three separate picnic shelters that can accommodate up to 60 people, 30 individual picnic sites equipped with grills and water spigots, one group lodge, two bath houses, one wash house, restrooms that are handicap accessible, two floating docks that accommodates several boats, a single lane boat ramp, fishing pier with two shelters at the ends, olympic size swimming pool that is open from memorial day weekend to labor day weekend, three different mountain biking trails, and a basketball court. Recreation Biking Booker T. Washington park is used in many ways by locals as it offers an array of outdoor activities with one being mountain biking. According to SORBA (Southern Off-road Biking Association), Booker T. Washington has three different biking trails to offer. The outer loop is the longest of the three at approximately 3.9 miles, with the first inner loop coming in at a distance of 1.2 miles and the second inner loop stretching out at 2.2 miles. It is also common to see more experienced riders ride all three which come to a total of approximately 7.3 miles. Booker T. Washington state park is popular with local riders because it offers intermediate riders three quality trails, though riders are advised not to ride the trails during wet conditions as they become unsafe. Fishing Another popular recreational activity in Booker T. state park is fishing, given its location alongside Chickamauga lake. According to the TWRA, or Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, Booker T. Washington state park is open to fishing year round with an array of fish species being available such as largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, spotted bass, striped bass, black crappie, white crappie, channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish. The TWRA has taken an interest in Booker T. Washington's fishing potential by creating fish attractors such as the main pier located at the main point of the park as well as the upkeep of shorelines to ensure easy access to the waterfront. See also List of things named after Booker T. Washington References External links Official website SORBA Chattanooga webpage
Link Farm State Archaeological Area

The Link Farm State Archaeological Area (40 HS 6), also known as the Duck River Temple Mounds or Duck River site, is a Mississippian culture archaeological site located at the confluence of the Duck and Buffalo Rivers south of Waverly in Humphreys County, Tennessee. The site is most widely known for the stone artifacts found during excavations in the late 19th century. Site features The site features include two substructure platform mounds, three conical burial mounds, a loaf shaped mound, and a central plaza area measuring 150 metres (490 ft) east to west and 250 metres (820 ft) north to south. The 90 acres (0.36 km2) site was acquired by the State of Tennessee in 1974 and is now preserved as part of the Johnsonville State Historic Park. Artifacts The site is mostly known for being the location where the "Duck River cache" of chert artifacts was discovered in December 1894 in a low hillock at the site. In March 1895 the same but slightly deeper location was also the site of the discovery of a paired male and female set of Mississippian sandstone statues nicknamed "Adam" and "Eve". The male statue is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the female statue has been lost. The Duck River cache was acquired by the McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture in Knoxville, Tennessee and is now on permanent display. See also Angel Mounds Annis Mound Chucalissa Mound Bottom Obion Mounds Sellars Farm site References External links Johnsonville State Historic Park Official site David H. Dye (2007), The Duck River cache and the Evolution of Mississippian Symbolic Weaponry, University of Memphis
Bristol Municipal Stadium

Bristol Municipal Stadium, also referred to as the Stone Castle, is an athletic facility located on the campus of Bristol Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tennessee. The structure features a design that is reminiscent of Medieval Gothic architecture and has a seating capacity of approximately 8,000. The stadium currently serves as the home field of the football team of Tennessee High School. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. History Bristol Municipal Stadium was built during the New Deal by the Works Progress Administration (WPA). It is one of two WPA stadiums in Tennessee that are still in use, the other being Crump Stadium in Memphis. Construction of Bristol Municipal Stadium began in 1934 and was completed in 1936. The construction cost of $34,000 was shared between the federal government and the city of Bristol. The stadium opened on October 8, 1936. The stadium has been the home field for football teams not only for Tennessee High School in Bristol, Tennessee, but also for Virginia High School in Bristol, Virginia, the two cities' former segregated high schools for African Americans, Slater High School in Bristol, Tennessee and Douglass High School in Bristol, Virginia, King College and Emory and Henry College. A renovation of the facility was completed in 1986 at a cost of $500,000. Architecture The stadium is built of rough rubble limestone obtained from a WPA project nearby. Its design was influenced by Medieval Gothic architecture, featuring arched entries, 20-foot (6.1 m) high crenellated walls, and unusual corner towers. References External links Photographs and history of stadium on website of Tennessee High School
Burkle Estate

The Burkle Estate is a historic home at 826 North Second Street in Memphis, Tennessee. It is also known as the Slavehaven. Although disputed by some historians, the Burkle Estate is claimed to have been part of the Underground Railroad – a secret network of way stations to help slaves escape to freedom in the northern states. The house was constructed in 1849 by a German immigrant by the name of Jacob Burkle. Since 1997 the estate is home to the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum. Underground Railroad It is understood by some that The Burkle Estate may have served as a way station on the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves. Publicly, Mr. Burkle was a livestock trader and a baker. Privately, some state that he was a conductor on the Underground Railroad. Many believe his home was the last stop in a series of Memphis homes connected by tunnels. The house included a small cellar which might have been used to hide escaping slaves. Slaves could then get on boats to take them upriver to other way stations in the free states north of the Ohio River. Controversy The role of the home as a part of the Underground Railroad is subject to debate. There is a significant lack of physical, primary evidence suggesting that the Burkle Estate was a part of the Underground Railroad. In response to the claim that there is not enough evidence to suggest that the Burkle Estate was in fact a part of the Underground Railroad, Historians from Memphis' public library system proposed a counterargument. The historians suggest that the lack of primary, physical evidence of the Burkle Estate further validates the presumption that the Burkle Estate was a part of the Underground Railroad. This is because keeping physical evidence of the Underground Railroad would have been dangerous for the Burkle family as it would have revealed their role in the Underground Railroad. A trapdoor, and a hidden staircase inside the Burkle Estate house, which are rather abnormal characteristics of a home, also are used to suggest that the Burkle Estate played a role in the Underground Railroad. Slavehaven Museum The house opened as a museum in 1997 and tours of the one-story, white clapboard house are available. The house is decorated with 19th-century furnishings and artifacts and served as part of the overall civil rights heritage of Memphis. The museum documents the history of the Underground Railroad and the possible role of the house in that secret escape network. Slavery, slave trade, slave auctions and the everyday life of slaves in the wider Memphis area are also documented in the museum. See also List of Underground Railroad sites List of museums in Tennessee History of Memphis, Tennessee References External links Encyclopædia Britannica - Underground Railroad Information about the Slave Haven Underground Railroad Museum (Burkle Estate) Information from Memphis Travel
Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women

Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women is a specialty hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, operated by Baptist Memorial Health Care. The facility opened in May 2001 as a 140-bed freestanding women's hospital. The hospital provides maternity and high-risk pregnancy care, neonatal intensive care, breast health services, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, and other women's health services. History The hospital opened in May 2001 on a 9-acre site in Memphis. Designed by Earl Swensson Associates, the five-story, 260,906-square-foot building opened with 140 beds. The project cost $71 million, excluding land and including equipment and furnishings. At the time it opened, the hospital was one of approximately 15 freestanding women's hospitals in the United States. Its original clinical areas included neonatal intensive care, postpartum and gynecologic care, labor and delivery, high-risk pregnancy care, and operating rooms. Services and facilities The hospital's maternity program includes high-risk pregnancy care, labor and delivery, a 48-bed mother/baby unit, and a 40-bed neonatal intensive care unit with micropreemie and continuing-care units. The hospital is connected to the adjacent Spence and Becky Wilson Baptist Children's Hospital, which provides continuing pediatric care for infants born at the women's hospital. Other services include breast health and diagnostic services, gynecologic and urogynecologic surgery, bone-density screening, and physical therapy for pelvic floor disorders and lymphedema. Education and training Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women is the primary training site for Baptist Memorial Medical Education's four-year obstetrics and gynecology residency program. The program provides clinical and surgical training in obstetrics, maternal-fetal medicine, gynecologic oncology, gynecologic pelvic disorders, and reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Quality and recognition In 2006, the hospital received a citation of merit in the American Hospital Association–McKesson Quest for Quality Prize. Hospital staff reported in a 2006 article in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety that the Institute of Medicine's six quality dimensions had been incorporated into the hospital's quality plan and strategic plan. They also reported that the time from arrival to departure for screening mammography decreased from two hours in 2003 to 30 minutes in April 2006. In 2025, the Leapfrog Group included Baptist Memorial Hospital for Women and Spence and Becky Wilson Baptist Children's Hospital jointly among its Top Hospitals. References External links Official website