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The STFB Newsletter provides the latest in local Preservation and Civil War news as well as upcoming events. |
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Current Newsletter |
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Winter 2023 Important business: STFB Membership Dues - Board Election, - Update your contact information,: Trench Line Marker Update, The Spring Hill Crossings, The Passing of Board Member, Samuel C. Gant, Ph.D., Fort Negley News, Choose Newsletter Email delivery and help us save cost.
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older newsletters, visit our Newsletter Archive |
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Document Archive |
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A Compendium of Civil War Sites In Williamson County for Possible Battlefield Parks - A 2003 summary of known battlefield parcels that could be saved as Battlefield Parks and linked with an interpretative program
Franklin Battlefield Preservation General Timeline - a compilation of information from newspaper clippings, STFB newsletters, other historical sources to place the important milestones and turning points of the battlefield preservation journey here in Franklin. Hundreds of dedicated volunteers and donors have been part of this march over the past 150 years (a work-in-progress)
Archaeological Investigations on Roper's Knob a Fortified Civil War Site in Williamson County, Tennessee by Benjamin C. Nance - Test excavations on top of Roper’s Knob in northern Williamson County exposed Civil War period fortifications and features. The fortifications included a redoubt as well as the rare example of an excavated blockhouse. The investigations also uncovered evidence of a mid-1800s domestic structure likely occupied by the Roper family.
Summary Report of the 2014 Archaeological Investigation of the Carter Hill Cotton Gin Area - This 2014 dig at the cotton gin area is the one that did not find the gin foundation. However, it did find trench line segments and provided the clues of where to dig in the follow-on study that did find the gin foundation.
February 2005 Voter Poll - Civil War Preservation Trust funds a formal survey of 400 Franklin registered voters. 75% say City of Franklin should do more to preserve battlefield.
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Fall 2022 Important Reminder: STFB Membership Dues Date Change, Events & Weddings at Civil War historical sites canceled, Passing of Tow Giants: Robert Hicks and Mary Ann Peckham |
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February 2022 Board Election, Dues Date Change, Choose Newsletter email delivery and help us save cost!, 417 Lewisburg Pike Property, Trench Line Markers, Middle Tennessee Civil War Show |
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October 2021 President’s Message, Lotz House Ghost Tours, Franklin USCT Statue Dedication, Breaking News from The Battle of Franklin Trust – Rippavilla, Rippavilla Unveils Historic Marker, Williamson County Seal Change, Williamson County Visitor Spending Down During Pandemic |
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December 2020 STFB Board Election, Contact Information Update, DAR plans restoration of Collins Farm, The 6th Ohio Battery display at the Carter Cotton Gin is now complete, Mud, Blood & Cold Steel: The Retreat from Nashville, December 1854 by Mark Zimmerman |
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March-April 2020 An update from The Battle of Franklin Trust, Battlefield Parcel Threatened, Our Thrift Store can't go on a piece of land behind the library. So where will they go now?, Come Be A Part of History - Franklin USCT Statue, To Build or Not to Build the Cotton Gin |
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January-February 2020 Franklin's
Charge has Closed on the Spivey Purchase, Civil War Show December 7-8, 2019,
Fuller story monument dedication, Monument to Enslaved Graves at the Carnton
Cemetery |
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November-December 2019 STFB Annual Meeting November 21, 2019, Fundraising underway for Franklin USCT Statue |
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October 2019 The 2019 STFB Annual Meeting - Thursday, November 21, Middle Tennessee Civil War Show At Ag Center Dec 7-8, 2019 Year End Gift Planning, Sunday November 10th -- two screenings of Emmy award winning film to benefit Franklin battlefield, Five New Markers Dedicated October 17 On Franklin Square. |
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September 2019 Letter To the editor, STFB Annual Meeting & Dinner, Where the Franklin public square ownership case stands now, Removal of Civil War markers draws ire; Sons of Confederate Vets cite heritage law, News in Review |
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August 2019 Mark Your
Calendar: STFB Annual Meeting and Dinner, Middle Tennessee Civil War Show at
Ag Center Dec 7 -8, 2019, Crossroads: A Symposium September 13 – 14, 2019 |
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July 2019 Emmy award winning film “The Battle of Franklin” At Franklin Theater Sunday, November 10th at 5:00pm, Amazon Donates To Save The Franklin Battlefield, Tennessee Civil War License Plate - Go Get Yours, Crossroads: Reconsidering Native Americans and African Americans In Tennessee and the South, A Symposium September 12 – 14, 2019, Update on Commemorative Belt Buckle from 125th Franklin Reenactment |
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June 2019 Original 125th Reenactment Commemorative Belt Buckles Available from STFB, Greer Stadium (now on Fort Negley) Is Being Demolished, Lotz House Releases Hatch Show Print Commemorating 155th Anniversary Of The Battle Of Franklin |
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May 2019 Fort Granger is getting a New Paved Entrance, Language for Battle of Franklin marker on square moving forward in Franklin, Emily West, Nashville Tennessean May 14, 2019, Carter Hill Battlefield Park Gets Display and Signage Improvements, Civil War Trust Recognizes Their Franklin Donors |
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April 2019 Franklin
Confederate statue, African-American markers controversy: What to know. |
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March 2019 UK Civil War Roundtable Donates to STFB for a Cannon, Approval of marker placements solidifies African-Americans' place in Franklin history By Kerri Bartlett Managing Editor, Williamson Herald, Ropers Knob Tour April 27, 2019 |
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February 2019 April 6 – Park Day Save the Date, Franklin aldermen change support of marker placements as 'Fuller Story' fulfills vision |
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January 2019 Brandywine Valley CWRT Helps Save The Franklin Battlefield, STFB Now Accepts Credit Card Payment by Mail, Hinman Family Donates Funds To Complete 6th Ohio Battery Display, Clarification of Annual Meeting Report |
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November - December 2018 Rob Hodge Shares Movie Box Office With STFB, Civil War Show A Big Success, STFB Annual Meeting & Dinner |
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October 2018 STFB Annual Meeting & Dinner - Nov 15 Make Reservations Now, 2018 Year End Gift Planning, Middle Tennessee Civil War Show At Ag Center Dec 1 – 2 2018, March to the Carter House, 2018 Franklin Grand Review Oct 12-14, Battle of Franklin Descendants Reunion Oct 5-6-7, Battle of Franklin Trust Events, News in Review |
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September 2018 Save The Date STFB Annual Meeting November 15, 2018, Year-End Gift Planning Reminder, Salt Creek CWRT Marker at Forward Line Damaged and Repaired, Battlefield Preservation Commission votes to support 'The Fuller Story' concept By Kerri Bartlett • Managing Editor Williamson Herald Sept 14, 2018 Reprinted with permission |
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August 2018 "Three preachers and a historian tell 'fuller story' by proposing Civil War monument, markers" (Reprinted with permission) By Kerri Bartlett - Managing Editor Aug 14, 2018 Williamson Herald, Franklin faith leaders want markers next to Confederate monument (Reprinted with permission) By Emily R. West Nashville Tennessean USA TODAY NETWORK – TENNESSEE Sunday, August 19 |
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July 2018 STFB Member & Family
Donate Cannon to Franklin Battlefield, Fort Granger Cannons Sponsors Needed,
Franklin author’s new book deeply explores Tennessee’s slave history |
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June 2018 Carter House Visitor
Center Update, Lotz House receives eighth
consecutive Trip Advisor Certificate of Excellence, Witnessing the Transformation
at the Historic Franklin Masonic Hall By Rachael Finch |
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May 2018 Trench Marker Update,
Fort Granger Update, Wilder Flag Restoration - You Can Help, Battle of
Franklin Trust to Host Lecture On 14th Amendment - “The United States
Constitution and Confederate Memory” Thursday June 7 at 6pm, Reminder: New
Preservation Directions - A Heritage Foundation Symposium Saturday June 2,
2018 |
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April 2018 Stone’s River
Descendants Reunion Save The Date Oct 12-13, 2018, Cannons On The Square
Project Has Been Completed, New Preservation Directions A Heritage Foundation
Symposium Saturday June 2, 2018, TCWPA Annual Members Meeting April 28, 2018 |
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March 2018 Save The Date STFB
Annual Meeting November 15, 2018, Amazon Donates to Save The Franklin
Battlefield, Mike Skinner Joins the STFB Board Of Directors, Cannons on the
Public Square Placed The Nashville Tennessean - March 23, 1909, The Friends
of Stones River Battlefield Need Your Help, Battle of Franklin Descendants’
Reunion October 6-8, 2018 Registration Now Open |
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February 2018 History Summer Camp,
Summer Camp Interns Needed, BGA students recognize members of the U.S. 13th
Colored Infantry |
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January 2018 The Civil War Trust Announces
A Grand Review at Franklin October 13 – 14, 2018, Williamson County Archives
Offers U.S. Flag Retirement, New Signage for Carter Hill Battlefield
Park. Click on the thumbnails below to view and read the new signage at
the Carter House.
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December 2017 Rob Hodge Shares
Battle of Franklin Box Office with Save The Franklin Battlefield, Civil War
Show A Big Success, Another Gun is Added to Carter Hill Battlefield Park |
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November 2017 2017 Middle
Tennessee Civil War Show, At Ag Center December 2 - 3, Save the Franklin
Battlefield 2017 Annual Meeting, Renovated Carter Farm Office Now Open to
Visitors |
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October 2017 STFB Annual Meeting
and Dinner Thursday, November 16 - 6:00 PM, 2017 Middle Tennessee Civil War
Show At Ag Center December 2 - 3, --UPDATE -- Carter Hill Battlefield Park,
“Battle of Franklin” at Franklin Theatre Sunday Nov 5, 3:30 PM, 2017 Year End
Gift Planning |
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September 2017 STFB Annual
Meeting Thursday November 16, 2017 Save the Date, Cannons Arrive for Carter
Hill Battlefield Park, Mary Pearce Honored by the Tennessee Civil War Preservation
Association, United Kingdom CWRT Returns to Franklin for Update on
Preservation Successes, "America, Our Civil War and the Expanding
Conversation" |
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August 2017 Fort Negley, The Tennessee Preservation Trust Annual
Conference Set for Franklin, Jullian Bibb
Recognized At Franklin Tomorrow Event, Studio Tenn
opens its 2017/2018 season with the return of the original production “The
Battle of Franklin: A Tale of a House Divided” September 7-22 |
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July 2017 Fighting the Second
Civil War: A History of Battlefield Preservation and the Emergence of the
Civil War Trust, Additional Battlefield Parcel Considered for Purchase, Franklin’s
Charge secures authentic artillery display for Carter Hill Battlefield Park |
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June 2017 History of the Civil
War Trust Just Released, Lotz House Announces
Expanded Release Of The Lotz Family Book, Southwest
Michigan CWRT Visits Franklin - Photo Journal |
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May 2017 STFB Listed 188th Among
Civil War Trust Donors, CWT Conference June 7-11 –Chattanooga, Mary Pearce
Retires As Director of the Heritage Foundation, The Battle of Franklin Trust
Presents Calicos & Cadets Day Camp June 20-22 and July 11-13 |
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April 2017 Dick Simpson &
SUV Camp 15 Donate to Franklin, Lorings Advance
Battlefield Parcel Transferred to BoFT, The Battle
of Franklin Trust Presents Calicos & Cadets Day Camp June 20-22 and July
11-13 |
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March 2017 Carter Hill Battlefield
Park Update, Sultana Reunion in Franklin April 22–23 2017, What Time Was The
Battle of Franklin |
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February 2017 STFB Listed in Top
300 Civil War Trust Donors, CWT Conference June 7-11 – Chattanooga, Civil War
Trust Honors Battlefield Reclamation Efforts in Tennessee, Governor budgets
$3.2 Million for New Carter House Visitor’s Center, New Cannons for Carter
Hill Battlefield Park Need Donors |
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January 2017 Franklin Trench Line
Markers On the Way, Replica Cannons Planned At Carter Hill Battlefield Park,
Flower Shop Dismantling Underway |
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December 2016 A Comment on
Membership Accounting, Carter Hill Battlefield Park Update, Fort Negley Tree Cutting Questioned, House Removed from
Turnpike Fort In Franklin |
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November 2016 Free Money For
Battlefield Preservation, STFB Annual Membership Meeting and Dinner, Carter
Hill Battlefield Park Update, 152nd Battle Anniversary Events, 2016 Middle
Tennessee Civil War Show At Ag Center December 3 - 4 |
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October 2016 STFB Annual Meeting
and Dinner Thursday November 17, Middle Tennessee Civil War Show At Ag Center
December 3 - 4, Year End Gift Planning, Blue & Gray Days November 4-5,
Carter Hill Battlefield Park Update, 152nd Anniversary of the Battle of
Franklin Illumination Wednesday November 30, The Battle of Franklin - A Tale
of a House Divided - Jamison Theater in The Factory at Franklin November 3 –
13. |
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September 2016 Save the
Date - STFB Annual Meeting & Dinner with Speaker Eric Jacobson, Progress
Continues at the Carter Hill Battlefield Park, 2016 Middle Tennessee Civil
War Show At Ag Center December 3 - 4 |
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August 2016 Ed Bearss Helps Celebrate 100th Anniversary of National
Parks Service, Update On Transforming The Lovell Properties to Battlefield
Park |
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July 2016 Trench Line Marker
Update, New Information Markers Added at Fort Granger, Update on Carter Hill
Battlefield Park |
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June 2016 Big News! You Can Pay
Membership Dues Online, Civil War Trails Marker Dedicated At Historic
Franklin Masonic Hall, Old Franklin High School Gymnasium Is Now Gone,
Work Progresses at Carter Hill Battlefield Park |
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May 2016 Cotton Gin Marker Update
- We’re There Already, Brandywine Valley CWRT Re-enlists at Franklin,
Franklin Battlefield Commission To Mark Trench Line, TCWPA Annual Meeting and
Tour, Battle of Franklin and American Memory History Symposium Oct. 21 - 22,
2016 |
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April 2016 STFB Donors Needed
to Fund Revised Cotton Gin Marker, Volunteers Help Prepare for Loring's
Advance Tour Saturday, April 23 10:00 AM, Open House at The Big House Sunday,
May 22, 2 PM – 6 PM |
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March 2016 STFB Archives Project Announced,
Loring's Advance Tour Saturday April 23 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM, Loring's Advance
Clean-Up Day Saturday, April 9 9:00 AM to 12 Noon, Arbor Day Activities
Saturday April 16 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, Heritage Foundation Moves Into Old, Old
Jail, Battle of Franklin and American Memory History Symposium Oct. 20 – Oct.
22, 2016 |
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February 2016 Purchase of Lovell
Property Closes: Carter Hill Battlefield Park now Under Construction |
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January 2016 20th Maine Company F
Helps Save The Franklin Battlefield Inc, Update on the Lovell Property
Purchase, A True Relic Returns to Franklin - Capt. Tod Carter’s Pass |
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December 2015 Thompson's Station
Plans Development on West Harpeth Battlefield, New Perspectives of the
Fighting Across Loring's Advance |
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November 2015 2015 Middle Tennessee
Civil War Show at Ag Center December 5 - 6, Save the Franklin Battlefield
Annual Meeting & Dinner, Events For Your Thanksgiving Visitors |
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October 2015 STFB Annual Membership
Meeting and Dinner – Thursday Nov 19, Civil War Trust Executives Visit
Franklin, Loring's Advance Undergrowth Gets Whacked, Sparkman Grave to be
Marked Sunday, October 25, 2015, The Battle of Franklin Documentary Returns
to Franklin Theater, Franklin on Foot Partners with Lotz
House Ghost Tours |
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September 2015 Status Update on
the Carter Hill Battlefield Park, Lotz House Releases
Limited Edition 2-DVD Set: The Battle of Franklin – Marching Forward – 150th
Anniversary, A few seats remain open - Lotz House
Battleground Tour of the Atlanta Campaign Part 2: The 151st Anniversary of
the Siege and Fall of Atlanta October 21-25 |
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August 2015 STFB Newsletter
Archive Expanded, Carnton Extended Tour Now Available, Lotz
House Announces Atlanta Tour October 21-25 |
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July 2015 New Cannon Carriages Now
Viewable On Google Maps, Carter Hill Battlefield Park Update, STFB Donates
$5,000 To Lovell Purchase, New Culvert Installed At Loring's Advance Entrance |
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June 2015 Lovell Property Purchase
Update, Heritage Foundation Makes Community Enhancement Award to Cannons On
The Square Committee, Eagle Scout Donates New Gate at Loring's Advance
Access, Preservation Volunteers Open A Second Front at Winstead Hill |
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May 2015 Big News in Franklin - Cotton
Gin Foundation Located, Lovell Purchase Update, An Evening for the McGavock
Confederate Cemetery |
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April 2015 BOMA Studies Budget
Request for Lovell Purchase, Long-time STFB Members Tour Franklin
Battlefield, Last Tour Group to see Dominos |
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March 2015 STFB Pledges $5,000 For Lovell
Purchase, Local Officials Tour Old High School Gym, Dominos Demolition Date
Delayed, Carriage Donors Receive Commemorative Mug & Program, Arbor Day
Set for Saturday April 18 at Pinkerton Park, Robert Lee Hodge, "Thinking
in Pictures and Sound: Making Civil War Films” |
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February 2015 Brandywine Valley CWRT
Helps Save The Franklin Battlefield, Listen UP ! !
Go Get Your Civil War License Plate, Franklin Charge Enlists Crowdrise Funding Campaign For the Lovell Purchase, Lotz House Announces Battleground Tour of Atlanta
Campaign - The 151st Anniversary of the Siege and Fall of Atlanta March 25-29 |
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January 2015 Effort To Purchase Lovell
Property Progresses, Major Archeological Excavation Locates Trench Line at
Cotton Gin, Amazon.smile |
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December 2014 March marks 150th
Anniversary of the Battle of Franklin, The Hellers
Honored At Annual Meeting, Strip Mall Demolished |
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November 2014 Civil War Show Sat-Sun
Dec 6th & 7th, Franklin 150th March to The Carter House, Cannon Carriages
Installed & Dedicated |
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October 2014 Annual Membership Meeting
& Dinner November 20, 2014 - Sign up Now, Cannon Campaign Update, Emmy
award winning film “The Battle of Franklin” At Franklin Theater Sunday
November 2nd at 3:30pm, Incident at Fort Granger Presented At Eastern Flank
Park |
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September 2014 Cannons Are Removed -
New Carriages Expected in October, Lotz House
Foundation Dinner with Ed Bearss, Blue-Gray Days at
Carnton Plantation - Reenactment Spectator Ticket Sales November 15-16 |
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August 2014 Fort Granger Improvements
Underway, Work Continues on Carter Hill Park, Cannons on the Square Update,
Lima Ohio CWRT joins the Cannons on the Square Campaign |
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July 2014 Cannons On the Square
Update, Work Continues on Carter Hill Park, Battle of Franklin Trust Presents
'Battle Scarred' |
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June 2014 Flower Shop Adjacent
to Carter House Under Purchase Agreement, Civil War Trust Honors Tennessee
Preservationists, Portraits Of History Line Main Street, Cannons On The
Square Update, Tennessee Sesquicentennial Events |
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May 2014 Simpson Campaigns In
Hershey Pennsylvania, Cleburne Street Update, Time’s Awasting
- Go Get Your Civil War Tag, Cannons On The Square Campaign Update, All
Things Franklin 150th |
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April 2014 Brandywine Valley
CWRT Joins the Franklin Ranks, Performing Arts Center Proposed For Old BGA
Campus - Neighborhood Meeting Tuesday April 29, Tour of Homes Civil War Sites
Featured June 7-8, Cannons On The Square - The Campaign Continues, The Triune
Fortifications. |
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March 2014 Cannons on the Square
Campaign, Cleburne Street Update, Park Day & Arbor Day Saturday April 5,
Battle of Triune Civil War Reenactment Sat-Sun April 12-13 2014. |
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February 2014 Triune Earthworks Tour
Set for March 1st, Cotton Gin Battlefield Park - The Dream Is Becoming Reality,
Franklin150 Logo Unveiled, Battle of Triune Living History & Civil War
Battle Reenactment April 12-13, 2014 |
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January 2014 Tennessee Civil War
License Plate Is On The Road & Selling Well, Civil War Trust Conference
In Nashville “Twilight In The Western Theater” May 28-June 1, 2014, "At
All Hazards, General Patrick Cleburne at Ringold
Gap”, Limited Edition Print To Be Auctioned, Triune Reenactment at Kings'
Chapel in Arrington, TN April 11-13, 2014 |
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December 2013 March to the Carter
House 149th Anniversary of the Battle of Franklin, 2013 Commemorative
Illumination Staged at Confederate Cemetery |
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November 2013 Former Car Wash
Property Purchased for Preservation, Officials Dedicate New Access Road for
Eastern Flank Battlefield Park, STFB Annual Membership Meeting, 2013
Illumination Set for November 29-30 |
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October 2013 Sign up now - STFB Annual
Meeting & Dinner Thursday November 14, |
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September 2013 STFB Annual Meeting
& Dinner Thursday November 14, 2013, Public Tour of Loring's Advance
Saturday Oct 12 - 10:00 AM, BOMA Votes for Public Haring
on Car Wash Rezoning, It's Here, It's Here - October 1, American Icon Ed Bearss visits the Lotz House
and Franklin Battlefield |
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August 2013 STFB Facebook Page,
Planning Commission Denies Rezoning Request – for Now, Proposed Battlefield
Overlay Plan, Cenotaph and Battlefield Photos |
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July 2013 Lotz
House to Host Ed Bearss Dinner and Twilight Tour Thursday
August 22, STFB is on Facebook, Rezoning Request Threatens Battlefield, We
Need Your Help, Sign Up Now for Reenenactment
November 8 and 9 2013 |
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June 2013 Register Now for Blue Gray
Days November 8 and 9 2013, Rezoning Request Threatens Battlefield; We Need
Your Help, Group Tours Franklin Battlefield, Latest No Paper STFB Member
Deploys to Afghanistan |
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May 2013 McGavock Confederate Cemetery Sunday
June 2, No Paper Please, Rezoning Request Threatens Battlefield - We Need
Your Help, Blue Gray Days Set for November 8 and 9, “INCIDENT AT FORT
GRANGER" To Be Performed Saturday June 8 At Fort Granger |
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April 2013 Eastern Flank Battlefield
Park Road Under Construction, Triune Reenactment Set For Saturday &
Sunday April 27-28, Columbia Avenue Car Wash May Be Developed, Blue Gray
& Green 2013 Edition Is Available, Park Day A Big Success. |
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March 2013 Arbor Day Announced for
April 20 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM, Civil War Trust & Franklin Parks Dept Set
Park Day - April 6 8:30AM - Noon, TENNESSEE CIVIL WAR 150th LICENSE PLATE NOW
FREE Sign Up Online Now, Veteran Campaigner Dick Simpson Has Broken Camp,
Carnton to host Civil War cavalry event March 23, Battle of Thompson’s
Station 150th Anniversary Commemoration |
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February 2013 Carter Cotton Gin
Battlefield Park Deal is Closed, Civil War Trust & Franklin Parks Dept
Set Park Day - April 6 8:30AM-noon, Arbor Day Announced for April 20
10:00AM-2:00PM, Thompson's Station Commemorates 150th Anniversary of Civil
War Battle Saturday March 9, 2013. |
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January 2013 The Domino’s Deal Has
Closed, 148th Anniversary Battle of Franklin Illumination November 30, 2012 |
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December 2012 148th Anniversary
Battle of Franklin Illumination recap, Fort Granger Park Day announced for
April 6, 2013, Tennessee Civil War GIS Project |
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November 2012 Historian Thomas
Cartwright to portray Civil War soldier Sam Watkins at Franklin Theater Wed
Nov 28, 2012 Illumination & Candlelight Tour Nov 30 at Carter House, STFB
Annual Membership Meeting, Mike Kent Civil War Show Sat/Sun Dec 1-2, John
Bell Hood Papers Discovery Announced |
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October 2012 STFB Annual Meeting
& Dinner Thursday November 15, 2012, Call to Action - Civil War
Trust Match Proposal, Civil War Trust Buys Battlefield Parcel at Federal
Advanced Line, Mike Kent Civil War Show Sat/Sun December 1-2, 2012
Illumination Friday, November 30, Study Underway For Gun Carriages On The
Square, Battle of Franklin 148th Anniversary Friday & Saturday – Nov 2-3,
2012 Confederate and Union Soldiers Wanted |
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September 2012 Battle of Franklin 148th
Anniversary Friday & Saturday - Nov 2 - 3 2012 Confederate and Union
Soldiers Wanted, Blue and Gray Days Friday-Saturday Nov 2 - 3, Concord Church
Federal Campsite, Tennessee Civil War GIS Project, Special Announcement -
Civil War License Plate |
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August 2012 David Logsdon author of
Eyewitness series passes, Franklin Parks Dept Improving Fort Granger
Addition, Special Announcement - Civil War License Plate, Battle of Franklin
Postage Stamp Campaign Continues |
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July 2012 PETITION For A Battle of
Franklin Postage Stamp, Battle of Franklin 148th Anniversary Friday &
Saturday – November 2-3, 2012 Confederate and Union Soldiers Wanted, Audio
Tour of Franklin Historic Parks Now Available, Work Day Planned For Loring's
Advance, Civil War, Model & Toy Soldier Show July 28th at Travellers Rest, $50,000 Fundraiser Announced for
McGavock Confederate Cemetery |
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June 2012 "Incident at Fort
Granger" at the Pull-Tight Theatre Sunday June 24 2:30PM, Carter Cotton
Gin Goal Met |
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May 2012 United Kingdom CWRT Visits
Franklin, Tennessee Sesquicentennial license plate IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT ! ! ! Send Your Check In - Right Now, An
Obscure Battle: Wheeler’s Raid on the Nashville & Decatur Railroad |
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April 2012 Video of Eric Jacobson at
Loring's Advance Tour , Arbor Day At Pinkerton Park Review, Park Day at
Fort Granger Review, David Logsdon Web Site Now Has Eyewitnesses Source
Material Posted |
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March 2012 Remembering Bill Heyd, Fort Granger “Park Day” Saturday March 31, 2012 -- 8AM
- 12 Noon, City of Franklin Arbor Day Saturday April 21 - 10 AM to 2
PM, Civil War Sesquicentennial License Plate Needs Your Help Right
Now, Loring's Advance Tour - March 17 Attracts 33 Visitors |
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February 2012 Loring's Advance Tour
Saturday, March 17 – 10 AM, Special Recognition Of Sam Gant and Richard
Simpson Fort Granger “Park Day” Saturday March 31, 2012 -- 8AM - 12 Noon |
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January 2012 Loring's Advance Tour
scheduled for February-March TBA, A Gift Remembering Lynn Owens, Fort Granger
“Park Day” Saturday March 31, 2012 8AM - 12 Noon, Heading Back Home: The
Story of Franklin’s Unknown Soldier DVD Now Available |
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December 2011 STFB Annual Meeting Held
at St. Paul's Otey Hall, Fund Raising for Loring's
Advance Underway, Civil War Show Dec 4-5 Well Attended |
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November 2011 Civil War Trust Signs
Purchase Deal on Loring's Advance Parcel, Mike Kent Civil War Show December
3-4, Franklin Illumination set for 4PM - November 30, 2011 |
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October 2011 First Ever
Tour of Loring's Advance set for Saturday Nov 5 - 10:00 AM, STFB Annual
meeting & Dinner Thursday, November 17, Franklin Illumination set for 4PM
- November 30, 2011. |
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September 2011 Dedication of
the Old Harpeth River Bridge Historical Marker, Battle of Franklin Annual
Memorial Illumination Set For November 30, 2011, Schedule Now Set For The
147th Civil War Re-enactment, Belmont Mansion hosts Civil War Symposium Nov
11 & 12, 2011 |
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August 2011 Sesquicentennial
Signature Event "Civil War in the Borderland" Tuesday – Wednesday,
Sept 6-7, 2011, Battle of Franklin 147th Re-enactment Saturday & Sunday
October 15-16 Reminder to Register, Bill Heyd Joins
the STFB Board, STFB Annual Meeting Set for November 17, 2011, The Old
Harpeth River Bridge Historical Marker Dedication 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August
27, 2011, The Willow Plunge Property Has Been Sold, The Eighth Battle of
Franklin Descendants’ Reunion Sept 30- Oct 2, 2011. |
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July 2011 Parks Service
Funding for Loring's Advance Is Approved, United Kingdom CWRT Pledges for
Loring's Advance Purchase, Eyewitnesses at the Battle of Perryville Now Available
At STFB Web Site, Franklin CWRT To Change Venue August 14th. |
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June 2011 “Lee and the
Retreat from Gettysburg” Civil War Roundtable July 10 3:00 PM, STFB Advisory
Board Tours Loring's Advance, Bobby Hargrove Recognized with Robert Ragland
Preservation Award, 147th Battle of Franklin October 15-16, 2011 Reminder to
Register. |
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April 2011 147th Battle of Franklin October
15 – 16, 2011 Reminder to Register, Arbor Day & Fort Granger Tour,
Visiting Downtown Franklin? There’s an App 4 That. The
'News in Review' section includes a summary of
a Tennessean article on progress of our Franklin battlefield land acquisition.
Click on link below to read the full article.
Desire
for tranquility saved battlefield land, Tennessean April 14, 2011 |
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March 2011 147th Battle of Franklin Oct
14-16, 2011 Reminder to Register, The Official Civil War Sesquicentennial
License Plate Project needs your help, Franklin Civil War Round Table to
challenge General Hood history, April 10 - 3PM. |
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February 2011 "The Role of Flags
in the Civil War" Thursday Feb 24, STFB Land Acquisition Update, Reenactment
- 147th Franklin - Oct 14-16, 2011 Registration is up & Live. |
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January 2011 147th Battle of Franklin
October 14-16 2011, Thomas R. Flagel - A Dynamic Speaker, Simpson Rides Once
More, Civil War Show and the 9th Kentucky US Volunteers December 4&5 |
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December 2010 STFB Annual Membership
Meeting, Battle of Franklin Illumination |
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November 2010 STFB Annual Meeting &
Dinner Thursday, December 2, 2010, Battle of Franklin Illumination Saturday
November 20 Volunteers Needed and Welcome, Visit Blue & Gray Days
November 19-21, Dick Simpson campaigns for Franklin in New Jersey, Civil War
Show December 4-5 at Williamson County Ag Center. |
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October 2010 STFB Annual Meeting &
Dinner Thursday, December 2, 2010, 2010 Franklin Civil War Days & 146th
Anniversary Reenactment A Huge Success, Blue & Gray Days set for November
19-21, 2010, Battle of Franklin Illumination Saturday November 20 Volunteers
Needed, Civil War Show December 4-5 at Williamson County Ag Center. |
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September 2010 CWPT and ABPP
Purchase Spring Hill Battlefield Property, Roper's Knob Land is for Sale,
STFB Newsletter by Email, Register Now and Attend the 146th Battle of
Franklin Oct 16-17, 2010. |
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August 2010 Eastern Flank Loop
Road Funding Approved, STFB Land Acquisition Update, Register Now 146th
Battle of Franklin - October 15-17 2010, Sweet Tea Festival To Benefit
Battlefield Preservation Saturday, August 28, Thompson's Station Festival
Saturday, October 9, 2010 East Tennessee Preservation Conference - October 8
& 9. |
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July 2010 STFB Newsletter by
Email, STFB Land Acquisition Update, More New Construction on BGA,
Reenactment - 146th Battle of Franklin - October 15-17 2010. |
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June 2010 Register Now - 146th
Battle of Franklin - October 15-17 2010, Eastern Flank Loop Road Update, It's
Official - Civil War Sesquicentennial license plate, STFB Land Acquisition
Update |
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May 2010 STFB Board Plans Land
Acquisition, 146th Battle of Franklin October 15 – 17, 2010 Registration is
now open, Eastern Flank Loop Road Ranked Top priority, Hold On, There Collins
Farm House May Be Pre-War After All |
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April 2010 146th Battle of Franklin
Oct 15-17 2010 Registration is now open, Eastern Flank Loop Road Update,
Triune Earthworks Tour Saturday May 1st 2010, Unknown Soldier Burial DVD
Trailer Released, STFB at Franklin's Arbor / Earth Day Event, Carnton Blue
Gray Days November 19 -21. |
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March 2010 Earth Day - Fort
Granger Tour, 10am-2PM, April 17, Park Day Scheduled for April 10, The Great
Panic Being Incidents Connected with Two Weeks of the War In Tennessee by an
Eyewitness, A Review of Williamson County: The Civil War as Seen through the
Female Experience.. |
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February 2010 We need your help -
contact your Franklin Aldermen, Franklin's Earth Day April 17, 2010,
"The Legacy of Stones River: Why they fought" Symposium Saturday
March 20, Carnton Blue Gray Days November 19,20,21; Franklin Civil War Days
set for Oct 15,16,17. |
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January 2010 Is Preservation Over
in Franklin?, E-mail address update, STFB Annual
Membership Meeting, STFB 2010 Officers Elected. |
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December 2009 145th Anniversary
of the Battle of Franklin November 27-30, 2009,
Battle of Franklin Illumination November 28, 2009. |
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November 2009 Simpson Opens Fall
Campaign, 23rd Middle Tennessee Civil War Show At Tennessee State Fairgrounds
December 5-6, 2009, Illumination Volunteers Needed November 28 – 1:00
PM, Harold J. McMurtry, STFB Past Board Member Remembered, Battle
of Thompson’s Station November 7 Tour Recap, Civil War Days &
Battle of Franklin 145th Anniversary November 28-30. |
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October 2009 STFB Annual Meeting and Dinner
November 19, Dan Mora Rejoins STFB Board, Battle of Thompson's Station Tour
-Saturday November 7, Update on Construction at Roper's Knob, 23rd Middle
Tennessee Civil War Show at Fairgrounds Dec 5-6, Civil War Days Schedule
November 28-30. |
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September 2009 Roper's Knob Update, Funeral
for Franklin's Unknown Soldier, Cotton Gin Campaign Update. |
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August 2009 Unknown Soldier from
the Franklin Battlefield, Cotton Gin Campaign Update, Volunteer Woodworkers
to make Candle Blocks, Roper's Knob Update, Hold These Dates |
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July 2009 STFB Joins Franklins
Charge for Cotton Gin Campaign, Collins Farm Marker Dedication, Roper's Knob
Threat Update |
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June 2009 Roper's Knob
Threatened, Skirmish Demonstrations June 20-21 Saturday & Sunday, Franklins
Unknown Soldier- Update. |
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May 2009 Remains of Federal
Soldier Discovered at Franklin, Central Franklin Area Plan Update Underway,
Franklin to Nashville, The Last Days of the Army of Tennessee, SUVCW Flag Day
Ceremony, Franklin Civil War Roundtable. |
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April 2009 Susquehanna CWRT
Hosts Dick Simpson, Franklins Charge Seminar June 18-20, 2009, Blue and Gray Education
Society Announces Dec 2-5, 2009 Battle of Franklin In-Depth Tour, Franklin Civil War Roundtable. |
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March 2009 Spring Hill
Battlefield Again Named Among Most Endangered, Spring Hill Battlefield
Update, Park Day April 4, Your Chance to Volunteer. |
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February 2009 Dick Simpson
Re-visits Franklin, A review of Williamson County: The Civil War As Seen
Through The Female Experience Rick Warwick, Editor., James Lee
McDonough to Address Franklin Civil War Round Table, Civil War Cavalry
Seminar at Belle Meade Plantation in Nashville March 27th and 28th, 2009 |
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January 2009 Franklin named one
of “America’s Dozen, Distinctive Destinations”, Lotz
House Opens as Civil War House Museum, STFB
Annual Membership Meeting Summary, President Greg Wade and Board member
Joe Smyth resign from STFB Board. |
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December 2008 Triune
Fortification/Land Trust Meeting, Nashville Civil War Show, 2008 Illumination
is Spectacular, Dick Simpson Closes 2008 Campaign. |
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November 2008 Illumination Reminder,
Nashville Civil War Show, Stark County CWRT Helps STFB, STFB contributes to
Carter House purchase, Franklin Civil War Round Table, STFB Tour of Harlinsdale Farm, Roper's Knob Tour Recap. |
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October 2008 STFB Tour of Ropers
Knob Saturday October 25, Nashville Civil War Show December 6 and 7, STFB
Annual Membership Meeting at Harrison House November 13, Michael Skinner
named to STFB Advisory Board, Battle of Franklin Illumination November 30th,
Dick Simpson Continues his Fall Campaign, Franklin Civil War Roundtable,
Calendar of Upcoming Events. |
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September 2008 Ben Nance Joins
STFB Advisory Board, STFB Tour of Ropers Knob set for Saturday October 25,
Sign up now to Volunteer for the Battle of Franklin Commemorative
Illumination, Franklin Civil War Roundtable meets October 12. |
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August 2008 Harlinsdale
Farm Tour Saturday, September 20, Civil War Trails Arrives in Franklin
September 17, STFB Tour of Ropers Knob Set for October 25, STFB
Annual Membership Meeting At Harrison House November 13. |
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July 2008 Exciting News from
Franklin, STFB Advisory Board members named, STFB Annual Meeting November 13
at Harrison House, Franklin Civil War Roundtable, Civil War Tour of Harlinsdale Farm planned for September 20. |
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June 2008 Two Good Friends Move
on, Harlinsdale Tour is Planned, Franklin Civil War
Roundtable, October Plan For STFB Tour of Ropers Knob, STFB Annual Membership
Meeting At Harrison House in November.. |
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May 2008 John Bell Hood
Historical Society Conference a Big Success, Franklin Civil War Roundtable,
Rockland CWRT Gifts Franklin, Sultana Reunion a Big Success, 10% Discount for
STFB Members, Dick Simpson Campaigns in Pennsylvania, Upcoming STFB Tours. |
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April 2008 Officers Elected for
2008, BGA Fleming Hall fate to be decided, Sesquicentennial License Plate
Making Gains, TCWPA Video Previews Franklin 140 DVD, STFB sponsors Arbor Day
Living History, Franklin/Williamson County Tennessee Civil War Trails Plan |
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March 2008 Roderick Honored, Fort
Granger Tour Reminder, Sultana Descendents & Friends
Meet in Franklin April 25-26, Robert E. Lee CWRT Makes Gift for Dick
Simpson's Efforts, Local Discussion Group, SCV Camp #59 Donates to Franklin
Preservation. |
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February 2008 Fort Granger Tour scheduled
for April 2008, Sultana Descendents to meet in
Franklin, John Bell Hood Conference, Franklin Symposium "Fighting for
the Heartland". |
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January 2008 Ft. Negley Visitor Center opens, John Bell Hood Society
Conference & Tours, Landmark Bookstore Civil War Group, Civil War
Sesquicentennial License Plate Underway |
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December 2007 Dick Simpson Campaigns
On....The Central Delaware CWRT Donates $350, Triune Earthworks Tour,
Tennessee Valley CWRT Aids Franklin Battlefield, Nashville Civil War Show Dec
1-2, Valley Corps Confederate Volunteers Makes Gift to STFB |
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November 2007 143 Anniversary of The
Battle of Franklin, Incident at Fort Granger, Carter House Visitor
Center Kick-Off November 30, An Evening with Mort Kunstler, Jacobson
Addresses 2007 STFB Annual Membership Meeting, Sam Huffman - 2007 Recipient
of the Tennie Pinkerton Dozier Award |
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October 2007 Annual Meeting at Ferguson
Hall, Tour of Triune Reminder, An Evening with Mort Kunstler, Civil War Show
& Sale, Eyewitnesses at the Battle of Perryville. |
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September 2007 Mark Your Calendars For
Triune Redux!, STFB Annual Meeting Announcement, New
Friends In Sumter, SC Aid Franklin’s Battlefield, Monthly Discussion Group. |
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August 2007 Collins Farm Sale is
Finalized, Mark Your Calendars - STFB Annual Meeting November 15, Carter
House Descendent's Reunion - October 19-21 2007,
STFB Website Redesign. |
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July 2007 Tennessee Promises Nearly $1
Million to Eastern Flank, North Worchester County CWRT Aids Franklin
Preservation, Michigan College Group Tours Battle of Franklin Sites, Dick
Simpson Campaigns Out East |
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June 2007 Thompson's Station
Battlefield News, County schools' central office won't be relocating to old
BGA campus, Simpson Strikes Again & Enlists Ron Young, K Co 19th
Virginia Vol Inf Donates to Franklin, Quick Notes |
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May 2007 STFB Signs Letter of
Intent to Sell Collins Farm, Special STFB Symposium Rate, A Sad Passing... |
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April 2007 Franklin Symposium
Update "Why Franklin Matters, Pulitzer Award Author to Speak, New Book
about the McGavock Confederate Cemetery, Simpson Teams with Pennsylvania
CWRT, Mark your Calendars - Night at Negley |
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March 2007 Franklin Symposium
Update, Battlefield Faces New Development, Statewide Preservation Conference,
Thompson's Station Battlefield News, Special Donation, Collins Farm Workday,
Fort Granger Tour Scheduled, Eastern Flank Tour Report, County Schools Office
not relocating to old BGA campus. |
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February 2007 Franklin Symposium Update,
Franklin's Eastern Flank Park Moves Forward, Carter House announces new
Facilities, New STFB Marker At CSX Liberty Pike Underpass. |
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January 2007 Battle of Franklin Symposium
Preview, Special Donation, Civil War Round Table Contributions, BoF Self Guided Driving Tour
Map. |
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December 2006 142nd BoF Anniversary Review, BoF Symposium
Announcement, Carter House Acquisition, Special Donations, TCWPA Flag
Ceremony, BoF Driving Tour map, Civil War Show |
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November 2006 Annual Meeting
Preview, 142nd BoF Anniversary Preview, Eastern
Flank Progress |
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October 2006 Annual Meeting
Preview, 142nd BoF Anniversary Preview, Special
Donation |
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September 2006 142nd BoF Anniversary Preview, Franklin Visitors, Annual
Meeting Announcement, Special Donation |
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August 2006 Eastern Flank Tour
Preview |
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July 2006 Chicago CWRT Donates
to STFB, Eastern Flank Battlefield Tour set for Saturday August 19, Collins
Farm Corncrib Repairs, Destruction Energizes Murfreesboro Groups |
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June 2006 Become a Preservation
Volunteer, Thompson's Station Festival STFB Booth, Parker's Crossroad
Battlefield Dedication |
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May 2006 Collins Farm Yard Work
and Guests, Franklin's Charge Update |
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April 2006 Thompson's Station
Festival and Tour, Tour of Triune Earthworks, Two of our Good Ones are Gone,
Collins Farm - 2006, New Book on Franklin & Spring Hill |
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March 2006 Tour of Triune
Earthworks April 1st, Franklin Receives Preservation Award, Valley Corps
Confederate Volunteers Donates to STFB, A Note on Giving |
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February 2006 STFB Tours for
2006, Eastern Flank Celebration, Landmark Bookstore hosting Civil War Book
Club |
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January 2006 Eastern Flank Park
Celebration, Parkers Crossroads Battlefield Park, David Fraley Honored with
Dozier Award, New STFB Battlefield Marker For Liberty Pike Underpass |
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December 2005 The 141st
Anniversary Battle of Franklin March from Winstead Hill, Breaking News:
The Pizza Hut is Gone, Franklin Plans for Harlinsdale,
But More Good News November 2005 BOF Anniversary Events, 2005
Preservation March Update, Peninsula CWRT Buys Chunk of Golf Course, STFB
2005 Annual Meeting, Ancient Battlefield Tree Demise, NPS To Study
Battlefields in Williamson county, STFB Support of Franklins Charge Grows October 2005 STFB Annual Membership Meeting,
Collins Farm Mortgage Note Burning October 22, 2005 Winstead Hill Marchers
and Donation to date by State, Rendering of Collins Farmhouse September 2005 2005 Reenactors Preservation
March for Franklin Approaches, Why are We Marching?, Mortgage Note Burning at
Collins Farm, Photo Chronology of Storm Damage to Collins Farm August 2005 School Board Intends to Build on
Old BGA Campus - We Need Your Help, 2005 Preservation March for
Franklin and Collins Farm Celebration, List of Williamson County School
Board; List of Williamson County Commissioners, A Petition to Save the
Battlefield at BGA, 140th Battle of Franklin DVD Available July 2005 The Collins Farmhouse, Thank You
to STFB Members, Good News from the County & City, Collins Farm TLC Day,
Collins Farm Repair Funding, Government vs. Preservationists over Possible
Franklin School Project, Sponsor a Battlefield Marker, Franklin Battlefield
makes Tennessee Endangered site list, 2005 Reenactor’s March, Williamson County
contributes to Franklin Efforts June 2005 Breaking News: Collins Farm – We
Now Own It, Big Thank You goes To Sam Davis Camp of SCV, Collins Farm TLC-Day
Sat. July 9, Franklin Battlefield makes Tennessee Endangered site list,
Urgent appeal fundraising for 112 Acre battlefield purchase May 2005 Big News (Pizza Hut Property), STFB
helps host preservation groups annual meeting on May 23, 2005, Franklin’s
Charge Update, Historic Carter House given the gift of another Historic Home,
News Brief (Robert Hatton Camp of the SCV donation), Special Thanks (South
Bay CWRT Gift), Heritage Conference Scheduled April 2005 TCWPA Plans Annual Meeting in
Franklin, Preservationist Leader addresses Franklin Coalition, National Park
Day at Ft. Granger April 2, 2005, Pennsylvania Helps Franklin (Lancaster
County Civil War Living History Association), Corporate Matching Grants,
Thompson’s Station Tour conducted by Save the Franklin Battlefield, Symbol of
Battlefield Destruction May be Purchased, National Geographic: On
Battlefield Preservation, $1,535 for Franklin's Charge, Preservationist
Leader addresses Franklin Coalition, County Property Committee Strategy for
Old BGA Property March 2005 Valley Corps Confederate
Volunteers Make Gift to STFB, Battle of Thompson’s Station Tour, Living
History at Fort Granger Part, Saturday, April 2, 2005, Franklin Aldermen vote
to match Battlefield Park Funds, What a Mess (Collins Farm Damage), Local
Walmart Provides Gift February 2005 Collins Farm Needs you!
Collins Farm Suffers Serious Storm Damage, Mark your Calendars
(Thompson’s Station Tour), Authentic Campaigner Makes Gift to STFB, Private
Adrian Parsons, Franklin and Williamson Co. Residents Support Battlefield
Preservation, New Battle of Franklin Map now Available January 2005 STFB Tours & Events for
2005, Upcoming 2005 Events, New Battle of Franklin Map Now Available, Harper’
Pictorial History of the Civil War - The Battle of Franklin, November
1864 December 2004 Fort Negley
Dedication Ceremony, Franklin’s Charge Update (Fund raising nears its goal),
STFB Booth at Civil War Show Dec 4-5 November 2004 Reopening of Fort Negley, Franklin’s Charge Leader Provides Update, Latest
version of Eyewitnesses at the Battle of Nashville now Available, Year End
Gift Planning October 2004 Chicago CWRT Donates to STFB,
The Watchdog Donates to STFB, STFB to Hold Annual Mtg in November, The 140th
Anniversary Battle of Franklin Reenactment, City commits $2.5M in matching
funds to by the Country Club, 5th Carter
House Descendants Reunion a success September 2004 Special Edition 140th Event
Preview: Volunteers are Still Needed, 140th Franklin Program of Events, Medal
of Honor Ceremony, School Days: 140th Anniversary Battle of Franklin, Souvenir
140th Program Ads, Pre-Event 140th Ticket Sales, Special Thanks to Dusty
Chapman, Authentic Campaigner Preservation Project August 2004 Mayor's National Battlefield
Park Proposal, Franklin’s Charge Official Kickoff at the Carnton Plantation,
Mayor supports Purchase of Pizza Hut Property. July 2004 STFB puts out Call for Volunteers
for 140th Franklin, STFB Tour of Fort Granger, Hellers
explain motive for Purchasing Country Club June 2004 STFB Participates in Smithsonian
Exhibit, Collins’ Farm and the Eastern Flank Tour, Brentwood Historic Seniors
Introduced to STFB, 140th Anniversary is just around the Corner,
CWRT of Naples, FL donates to STFB, South Bay CWRT of Los Gatos, CA donates
to STFB May 2004 Roper’s Knob May be Leased to City
in Conservation Deal, ABPP&CWPT Conference in Nashville 19-24 Apr 2004,
Collins’ Farm and The Eastern Flank tour in May, Country Club Members Oppose
Battlefield Restoration April 2004 TCWPA Taps Smyth as Board Member,
Battlefield Plan Underway, JB Hood society Pledges $1500 to STFB, Guide to
Civil War Nashville published, More Details on Roper’s Knob, A Survey of
Civil War Military Sites in Tennessee, Franklin Celebrates Federal
Preservation Community Status March 2004 CWPT Names Franklin One of
America’s Most Endangered Battlefields, Harlinsdale
Farm Update, STFB Releases List of Possible Civil War Parks, STFB and Friends
Tour Ropers Knob February 2004 Ropers Knob Tour Set for March
13, Symposium, Slavery and the Civil War in Tennessee at MTSU Campus Mar 6,
2004, United Kingdom CWRT donate to STFB, Civil War Preservation Trust’s
Annual Conference comes to Nashville January 2004 Upcoming 2004 STFB Events, National Parks
Service Funds Preservation Plan, Collins Farm Mortgage Status, 140th
Anniversary Battle of Franklin Reenactment Update, Volunteers for the 140th,
"Forty for Franklin - 2003" Sponsorship To-Date December 2003 2003 Annual Meeting (Welcome
Tommy Burnett and Harold McMurtry, Upcoming National Battlefield Conferences
Come to Nashville, STFB Booth at Civil War Show, Commissioners Make Plans for
Old BGA Campus November 2003 STFB Annual Membership
Meeting, Carnton Descendant Buys 100 Acres of Battlefield, Preservation Wins
Out in Election (Pam Lewis), Collins Farm Mortgage Good News, IBM Donates to
Battlefield Preservation, European Visitors at Franklin Civil War Sites,
Forty for Franklin March Raises nearly $10,000 for Battlefield Preservation October 2003 Reenactors March for Collins
Farm, 40 for Franklin, TAG Event Raises $7,116 for Collins Farm, Future of
old BGA Campus Still Uncertain September 2003 Forty for Franklin - 2003:
Reenactors to March for Battlefield Preservation at Franklin Tennessee, 140th
Anniversary Battle of Franklin Reenactment, From the Mouth of a Marcher,
Sponsorship to Date "40 for Franklin - 2003" November 7-8 September 2003 Forty for Franklin Nov 7
& 8, 140th Anniversary Battle of Franklin Reenactment Planned
for Oct 2004, From the Mouth of a Marcher (David Fraley), Advance Guard
Tactical Oct 17-19 Calls for Volunteers August 2003 Forty for Franklin - 2003,
Battlefield Subcommittee Meeting Aug 14, 2003, Advance Guard Tactical Oct
17-19 Calls for Volunteers, STFB Senior Citizens Presentation July 2003 Parkways Commons Shopping Center
Approved by Franklin aldermen, Carter House Celebrates 50 Years as Historic
Property, Collins Farm Mortgage Status, Subcommittee Formed to Protect
Battlefields (City of Franklin) June 2003 Shopping Center clears Second
Reading, City of Franklin Receives Historical Preservation Grant,
Preservation Coalition Meets at Winstead Hill May 2003 Call to Arms (Vote to rezone for
Parkways Commons), A Day in the Garden At Collins Farm, Collins Farm Damaged
During 5 May Storm, Historian Plans CWRT Presentations, Last Living Widow of
a Civil War Veteran turns 96 April 2003 Call to Arms (Rezoning for
Commercial Property South of Winstead Hill), STFB has a new Logo, Donation
Made to STFB in Memory of Pam Cummings, In the wake of the Storm Tour,
Collins Farm Work Day Apr 19, Women’s History Month by EJ Neeley, Tusculum
Group Visits Franklin, A Day in the Garden at Collins Farm, A Soldier’s Story
(by a soldier in the 128th Indiana Infantry) March 2003 First STFB Tour Planned for April
13, Reenactment of the Battle of Franklin to commemorate the 140th
Anniversary is Planned, Jim Lighthizer, CWPT
Address to Franklin Preservationists at the Carter House Feb 21 February 2003 CWPT Unveils Most endangered
Battlefields Report (Franklin Battlefield in top 25) Lecture Interpreting the
Battle of Franklin, Feb 27 (Heritage Foundations Lecture Series), Preservation
Strategy, Collins’ Farm Begins national Register Process January 2003 STFB Fundraising Seminar Jan
19, Bush Approves Money for Battlefield Preservation, Widow Gertrude Janeway Dies at age 93 (Last widow of a Union Civil War
Veteran), Eyewitnesses at the Battle of Stones River is back in Print, The 40
for Franklin March Treks Onward, December 2002 40 for Franklin Results to
date, 2003 Fundraising Session Jan 19th November 2002 Annual Meeting 2002, 750
troops and sutlers converge on Carnton
(Franklin138th), Congress passes $50 M Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act
of 2002, Re-enactors March for Collins Farm “40 for Franklin” October 2002 County Buys Additional BGA
Parcels, Battle of Franklin Reenactment Nov 15-17 (138th), TCWJJPA
tours Collins Farm, Descendants Reunion Oct 2002 August 2002 STFB Tour “First Blood – The War
Comes Home” Aug 25th , CWPT purchases Battlefield Property
in Hardeman County TN July 2002 Editorial: Why Should I
vote?, The 36th Illinois Infantry Battle Flag at the Battle of
Franklin, Parks Director boasts a Grand Vision for Franklin, State land lease
offers space for Carnton Visitors Center June 2002 Civil War Preservation Trust Announces
Winners of the 2002 Preservation Awards, Battlefield versus Books, Lotz House vacant and For Sale, Ben Stein’s Money,
Donated for Preservation May 2002 STFB Reassesses Position on
Williamson County Commissioners, Carter House first Discovery Trail Award
Winner, Library Ground Broken at BGA Tennis courts, STFB Awarded Certificate
of Merit from Tennessee historical Commission March 2002 Civil War Preservation Trust
names Franklin One of America’s Most Endangered Battlefields, Ben Stein
Visits Franklin Battlefield, Update on New Library on the Battlefield Site,
STFB Develops Speaker Program (Speaks to TROA members), Mrs. Felicia Grundy
Porter subject of Women’s History Month, Collins Farm makes Public Debut,
CWPT Annual Meeting to be held at Franklin Apr 2002 February 2002 Georgia Historian Researches
and Walks Franklin Battlefield (Robert D. Jenkins), Collins Farm Clean Up,
Historical Commission Members Tour Franklin, McLemore House declared
restored; Celebration starts January 2002 BGA Petition Drive Continues,
Collins Farm March raises $12,699, Ed Bearss to
Speak in Nashville for Battle of Nashville Preservation Society, Brentwood
Historical Society Founder’s Celebration Sat Feb 2, 2002, Williamson County
Historical Society Raises Money for it’s Marker
Fund, STFB Fund Raising Projects, STFB of Collins Farm set for March 3 |
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December 2001 A call
for volunteers for Collins’ Farm cleanup,1830s
school (Boiling Springs Academy) still has lessons, Architects unveil new
design for Williamson County library, Christmas 1864. November 2001 STFB
Annual Meeting Report (Robert Jenkins, Sr., spoke on Loring's Division
at Battle of Franklin), The incredible shrinking mortgage, Year-end gift
planning, The STFB Marker Program, County hires consultant for CW park,
Northern group (Salt Creek CWRT, Wheaton, IL) funds new Civil War marker, BGA
petitions pour in. Preservation results by David Fraley, STFB Board member
profile (Suzanne Burns), McGavock Cemetery Tour, Salt Creek Civil War round
Table visitors, Jefferson County Civil War round table visitors (Madison, IN,
Nathan Bedford Forrest and Patrick Cleburne Prints Available. October 2001
Re-enactors’ march for Collins’ Farm, New library will stay at old BGA site, McGavock
Confederate Cemetery tour, Breakdown of pledges for Collins’ Farm, Salt Creek
CWRT to tour Franklin battlefield sites, Annual Patrick Cleburne Society
dinner to benefit Collins’ Farm, A petition to Williamson County
Commission requesting no further construction on the Old BGA campus. McGavock
Cemetery by David Logsdon. September 2001
Reenactors’ march for Collins’ Farm, Franklin works to preserve its soul and
its charm (Historic resources catalogued, recommendations made), County will
fund up to $8 million for library on Old BGA site, (CWPT) Endangered
battlefield nominations, Collins’ Farm receives grant (from Order of the
Southern Cross), Dinner to benefit Collins’ Farm (Patrick Cleburne Society),
Preservation Dinner (Salt Creek CWRT), CWPT accepting nominations for
endangered battlefields report, Guest Editorial from one of our members (Herchel Smith). August 2001 Our
Hyssop Hill property has a new name—Collins’ Farm, (County Commissioner,
Chuck) Eades says that it isn’t too late to stop
construction on the real battlefield, Masonic Lodge boasts Civil War
graffiti, STFB Board member profile (Kim Hoover), STFB needs your help
(opposing new library on BGA property), Collins’ Farm (history). July 2001 Who &
Where We Are, National preservation community watches Franklin, Volunteers
needed (for repair and maintenance of Hyssop Hill house and property) June 2001 3.22
acres of battlefield is ours, Last-minute moves not enough to prevent
building a school near the Harrison House, Financial report on the Hyssop
Hill land purchase, Downtown Battle of Franklin tour a big success,
Additional “Eyewitnesses” books by David Logsdon. May 2001 Late
breaking news!!! (Hyssop Hill contract), Preservation pioneers to be honored
by the Heritage Foundation, National Heritage Area on the Civil War in
Tennessee, Our second-ever Battle of Franklin hospital tour, The History
Channel Save Our History, Civil War battlefields, Franklin battlefield
status upgraded, Got something for the newsletter? April 2001
Tennessee Civil War Preservation Association annual meeting, Crucial Civil
War site to be sold (Absalom Thompson House in Spring Hill—where Hood slept
Nov. 29, 1864), “Letter from Franklin (from Col. Emerson Opdyke). March 2001 Opdycke marker dedication—March 17, 2001, News in Review submitted by Sam Gant, Preservationists
protest building new schools close to historic sites (Harrison House), A
special first lady (Sarah Childress Polk),, STFB’s
tour of Thompson’s Station. February 2001 Eyewitnesses
at the Battle of Franklin, now available from STFB, STFB needs your help!
(proposed location for new library), Harpers’ Pictorial History of the Civil
War: The Battle of Franklin, Opdycke’s brigade historic marker dedication,
STFB’s first battlefield tour for 2001 (Thompson’s Station). January 2001 Noted
historian Ed Bearss to speak to BONPS members and
guests Feb. 20, 2001 at Richland Country Club, “The Fight at Franklin,” STFB
Letter to Editor, Williamson A.M. protesting proposed library at old BGA,
Salt Creek CWRT in Weaton, IL, helping STFB. December 2000
Pressing on with fundraising efforts for “Hyssop Hill” (Collins’ Farm)
property, Williamson County School Board plans to build new school across
from the Harrison House, Stones River National Battlefield is again the scene
of attack (from unprecedented growth and development). November 2000 STFB
plans purchase of battlefield property (Collins’ Farm), Tennie Pinkerton
Dozier Award for 2000 (presented to Thomas Cartwright). October 2000 2nd
Annual Meeting of the Patrick Cleburne Society on Dec. 1, McGavock Confederate
Cemetery Illumination Tour, From 1861-1865 Personal:
recollections by CSA Capt. James Dinkin,
September 2000
Carter House Descendants’ Reunion, Oct. 14, Rob Hodge to speak at (STFB) Annual
Meeting, Metro Park’s recent tour of Nashville’s Fort Negley,
Roper’s Knob Tour conducted by STFB, Civil War treasure found in the
Tennessee River (Four Union vessels near Johnsonville), Another battle to
Fight (industrial park development proposed adjacent to Spring Hill
battlefield park). August 2000 Roper’s
Knob Tour, Salt Creek CWRT (Wheaton, IL) contributes to marker fund, The
Opdycke Marker, Battle of Nashville sponsors tour of Fort Negley.
Tragic tale of a child’s death at the Battle of Franklin, July 2000 Matching
grant programs multiplies your gifts, STFB web site now accepts American
Express, San Diego CWRT makes donation to STFB for 2nd year,
Roper’s Knob tour coming soon. June 2000 STFB
efforts featured in e-magazine (neighborhoodamerica.com), STFB first Battle
of Franklin hospital tour, A letter from Franklin (Emerson Opydycke), STFB Hospital
Tour enrolls new members. May 2000 Buying
your books at Amazon helps STFB, STFB offers its first Battle of Franklin
Hospital Tour, “The Conquered Banner” (A poem by Fr. Abram Ryan) April 2000
Brentwood Battlefield Tour, Students offer support for stone walls’
legislation, “A Land Without Ruins” (A poem by Fr. Abram Ryan), STFB 2001
calendar looking iffy. March 2000
Brentwood Battlefield Tour-rescheduled, Letter from Franklin, cont’d (from
Sgt. Joseph O’Brian, CSA), The story of Mary Ann Gay February 2000
Brentwood Battlefield Tour, Letter from Franklin (from Sgt. Joseph
O’Brian, CSA), Patrick Cleburne Society Seminar, Sponsors sought for 2001
STFB calendar, Irish Confederate Memorial Service January 2000 Marker
Fund update: STFB to place marker on Old Franklin High School property, STFB
web site update, Roper’s Knob to open as city park this spring, STFB 2000
Driving Tours, (John Bell) Hood after he resigns |
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December 1999 STFB
Donates $2,250 for Cotton Gin Purchase, Big STFB Thank-You To Outgoing
President, Commemorative STFB Postcard Available, STFB Calendar Update, Just
So You’ll Know – STFB Membership Profile, Kroger Calendar Sale Volunteers,
McGavock Cemetery Illumination Tour Report, First Annual Patrick Cleburne
Society Dinner Report, Stones River National Battlefield Ranger Walks
December 26-31, Artillery Demonstrations January 1-2 November 1999
Volunteers Needed at Ropers Knob, STFB 2000 Day-by-Day Calendar Now
Available, President E J Neeley Says Farewell, Patrick Cleburne Society Sets
First Annual Dinner November 27, STFB Annual Meeting November 4, Lobby Copy
STFB Calendars Available, STFB V…__Mail September 1999 STFB
Taking Orders For 2000 Calendar, Franklin Historic Battlefield Sites Announce
Anniversary Events Schedule, McGavock Cemetery Illumination Tour Rescheduled
to November 26, Patrick Cleburne Society Sets First Annual Dinner November
27, Telegrams and Dispatches Sent/Received November 30 1864, Special Member
Offer for “Retreat From Pulaski to Nashville, Tenn”
Still On, STFB Members Needed As Volunteers July 1999 STFB
Board Approves New Marker for Opdycke’s Countercharge Site, STFB 2000 Civil
War in Williamson County Day-by-Day Calendar Underway, The Battle of Franklin
– Lotz House Museum, “November 29, 1864 – Destiny
or Disaster” Symposium at Sprong Hill Oct 15-17,
McGavock Cemetery Illumination Tour November 27 June 1999 Our Favorite
Australians Return to Franklin, Battle of Nashville Monument Rededication Set
for June 26, Dell Computer Won’t Build at Stones River Battlefield, Stones
River National Battlefield Events Schedule, McGavock Cemetery Illumination
Tour November 27, David Fraley Will Discuss Hood’s Retreat July 15 May 1999 First
Battle of Franklin Tour Report, Three Historical Markers Placed, Remembrances
of the Past – BGA Museum Houses Impressive Collection, Can Growth and Civil
War Sites Mix? – Grant to Help Provide Zoning Answers, Battle of Nashville
Monument Update, McGavock Cemetery Illumination Tour November 27 April 1999 Ropers
Knob Tour April 10, First Battle of Franklin Cavalry Fight Overlooked,
Heritage Foundation Tour of Homes May 1-2, First Battle of Franklin Driving
Tour May 23, Civil War Sites Lost Bit by Bit – State Preservationists Say
Landowners Need Help, Grant Earmarked for 31 South Corridor Study, Tools of
the Time – Carnton Exhibits Surgical Tools, Get Added to STFB Email List,
Tennessee Legislature Authorizes Civil War Sites Historical License Plate March 1999
Thompson's Station Battlefield Tour Set for March 28, First Battle of
Franklin Tour Set for May 23, Featured Book of March and April - “One
Day of the Civil War : April 10, 1863”, Frances Courtney by E J Neeley, WCHS
Helps County Celebrate 200 Years of History, Rose Hill Cemetery Illumination
Tour - April 17, Spring Hill Battlefield Attracts Grant February 1999
Several STFB Tours Planned for 1999, Attention Treasure Hunters – Join a
CWRT, Forgotten General Story Continues, Battle of Nashville Monument
Rededication, 1999 Calendar Project Update, Illumination Tour of McGavock
Cemetery Planned January 1999 San
Diego CWRT and Salt Creek CWRT Name STFB as Preservation Projects, History
Goes Up Against Progress, Battle of Nashville Monument Update, Sometimes
Forgotten General – George Washington Gordon, STFB Warehouse in
Operation December 1998 STFB
Historic Marker Dedicated at Cotton Gin Site, Letter from Col Emerson
Opdycke, Brigade Commander behind Carter House, Carnton Mansion Mentioned in
‘Forbes’ and Featured on C-SPAN, Main Street Association gets Grant for
Video, The Mayor Wore Blue (Jerry Sharber plays
Yankee Surgeon in “Incident at Fort Granger”) November 1998 What
People Are Saying About the STFB Calendar, Retailers Selling the STFB
Calendar, Battle of Franklin Anniversary Events, Report on STFB Annual
Meeting October 1998 STFB
1999 Day by Day Calendar IS HERE, Dr Wayne Moore to Speak at STFB Annual
Meeting, Carter Cotton Gin Marker Update, STFB Web Site Update List of
Federal Dead, Carter House and Carnton Plantation to Help City Celebrate
Bicentennial, Only Two Civil War Widows Remain Alive, September 1998 1999
Civil War in Williamson County Day by Day Calendar Promotion, Australian STFB
Members Visit Franklin, New Markers at Fort Granger, Cemetery Tour Oct 3 August 1998 STFB
Announces 1999 Civil War in Williamson County Day by Day Calendar, Heritage
Park Will Commemorate City’s Bicentennial, The Bicentennial Mall in
Nashville, Harpeth River Cleanup in Franklin, In Gettysburg History and
Commerce Collide July 1998 Carter
House and County Close to Land Swap, Bicentennial Celebrates Civil War Life,
Forrest’s Cavalry Rides Again, Civil War Buff Arrested, Update on Cotton Gin
Marker, STFB Announces 1999 Civil War in Williamson County Day by Day
Calendar, Indian Festival Held in Franklin June 1998 STFB Has
New Logo, Funds Raised for Cotton Gin Marker, Tennessee Civil War
Preservation Association (TCWPA) Organized, Bicentennial Festival News,
Cemeteries to be Toured Oct 3 May 1998
Descendants Reunion October 9-11, Rededication Set For Battle of Nashville
Monument, Annual Civil War Relic Show & Sale, Civil War Driving Trail
Will Have 25 Markers, Letter from W H Reynolds Co E 29th Ga Inf to
his sister, Historic Carnton Plantation Reopens for Tours, City-County
Conference Center Debuts April 1998 Fort
Granger Tour April 26, Tour of Homes May 2-3, Update on Community Center Near
Carter House, Bids Awarded for Winstead Hill Passive Park, Franklin Board Oks
Buffers around Land on Historic Register, Letter from Adam J Weaver 104th
to his wife Charlotte March 1998 “First
Blood – The War Comes Home” Tour of First Franklin, Thompson's Station and
Brentwood, Letter From Willis Hansford 12th Ky Inf Regt, Update On
New Community Center Near Carter House, Carter House Descendants Reunion Oct
9-11, Tour of Homes May 2-3 February 1998
Community Center next to Carter House Proceeds, STFB Plans First Driving
Tour, Descendants Reunion October 9-11, Reminiscences of C E Merrill,
Conference Center Plans on Target, Freedom Middle Students get Glimpse of
Civil War Life, Franklin Historic Zoning Plan Advances, Future
African-American Museum Gets TLC December 1997
President Neeley reports STFB 1997 activities, Ridley Wills speaks on “Old
Enough to Die”, Gale Haddock receives STFB Tennie Pinkerton Dozier Award,
Letter from R G Phillips Co B 24th Miss, Brantley’s Brigade,
Tennessee 2nd Infantry living history at Fort Granger, Franklin
may expand historic zone, Restoration begins on McLemore House, Winstead Hill
dedication of Brigadiers Walk, Carter House Commemorates 130th
Battle Anniversary November 1997 STFB
Online Book Store Expanded, Annual Membership Meeting November 16, Retreat
From Nashville Tour November 23, Letter from Pleasant M Hope Co D 46th
Tenn Inf, Rick Warwick
Wins Heritage Foundation Patrons Award, Battle of Nashville Ground Breaking
December 13, City Approves Historic design Guidelines, Pearce Champions
historic preservation October 1997 Ridley
Wills to Speak at Membership Meeting November 16, County Conference Center
wins final approval, STFB Newsletter now has “Letters From Franklin” column,
130 mile driving tour to link Civil War sites, Nashville Peace Monument under
restoration, Letter from Pvt James A McCord Co G 30th Ga Inf, Gen
John Adams Exhibit at Lotz House, Battle of
Nashville Reenactment set for October 24-26. September 1997 IBM
Donates New Computer to STFB, Ropers Knob Paid Off, Lotz
House Gets Non-Profit Status, African American Museum Chronicles Life of
Community, Carving a Controversy – Forrest Statue Planned for I-65,
Battle of Brentwood Tour October 5 August 1997 STFB
Seeks Donations for Historic Markers, Battle of Brentwood Tour set for
October 5, Retreat From Nashville Tour Set for October 24, Williamson
County Debuts Web Site, Ropers Knob Debt Close to Retirement, Heritage
Foundation and African American Heritage Society Close on McLemore House |
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June 1997 Heritage Foundation
buys Cotton Gin Site - STFB Donates $500 for Cotton Gin Purchase - Lotz House Donates $1,000
for Cotton Gin Purchase - Heritage
Foundation to ask Civil War Trust to assist campaign to build Franklin
Battlefield Park - Report on Sultana Descendents
Reunion - Jerry Potter to sign his "The Sultana Tragedy - America's
Greatest Maritime Disaster" at Lotz House June
28 -The Tennessean articles for
June -
Civil War Trust President keynotes Heritage Foundation annual meeting - Franklin's
downtown revitalization hailed in new book - Carter House area reclamation
now Heritage Foundation No. 1 priority - Carter Cotton gin may be first
reclaimed - Events mark unveiling of Fort Granger historical markers - Deal
made for black heritage museum at McLemore House April 1997 First
Battle of Franklin Tour a Big Success, Carter House Now Has Web Site, Lotz House Announces Web Site, STFB Fund Raising Items
For Sale, STFB Newsletter Now Has New Look, Battle of Franklin Park Under
Study, The Hermitage Gets $2.5 Million Renovation, Stones River Battlefield
Park seeks $300,000 for 13 acre expansion, Forrest’s Hometown Dedicates Wall
in His Honor March 1997 Battle
of Thompson's Station Tour Draws Large Crowd, About STFB Battlefield Tours, 1st
Battle of Franklin Tour Set for April 19, Confederate Cemetery
Illumination Set for May 24, 1997, Heritage Foundation Buys Ropers
Knob, Franklin Receives ABPP Grant to Study Battlefield Preservation,
“The Black Flower” Book Signing at the Lotz House,
STFB Web Site Live at franklin-stfg.org, Franklin Bicentennial
Celebration Continues January 1997 Summary
of "Franklin National Park Committee" formed in 1913 - Report on
STFB 1996 Finances - STFB Baseball Caps, T-shirts, Bumper Stickers, Belt
Buckles and "Retreat" Books for sale December 1996
Report on STFB Annual Meeting and Officers - STFB Web Site is available
online - Two Member letters laud STFB labors - Carter House Reunion Draws 160
direct descendents from 23 States - Two dozen make
the Annual Commemorative March from Winstead Hill to the Carter House - Last
living Confederate Soldier Widow, Alberta Martin, visits Lotz
House Nov 30 November 1996
Report on Annual and 1997 Officers - Short history of Hiram Masonic Lodge -
Tennie Pinkerton Award presented to Chapter #14 UDC - Sam Huffman
demonstrates a proposed web site for STFB - Commemorative March to Carter
House set for Nov 29-30 - Carter House Candlelight Tour Dec 7-8 October 1996
Heritage Foundation Purchases Roper's Knob - "1,000 Friends of Ropers
Knob" Campaign announced by Heritage Foundation - "Retreat"
Books now sold by Carnton, Carter House, Lotz
House, Franklin Booksellers, Elder's Book Store, and Dad's Old Books - September 1996
Thirty attend on Battle of Thompson's Station Tour - Short history of
Confederate Statue on the Square - 125th Re-enactment paperweights and belt
buckles for sale - Carter House Descendents Reunion
Oct 4-5-6 - STFB Annual Meeting Nov 17 - STFB Illumination of Confederate
Cemetery Nov 23 August 1996
Dedication of Historic Marker at Highway 96 Trench Line, STFB Planning Its
Own Web Site, Recalling Who We Are, Battle of Thompson's Station Tour Set for
August 24, Carter House Descendants’ Reunion Set for October 4, 5 & 6,
STFB Has Reprinted “Retreat from Pulaski to Nashville, Tenn”
Now for Sale Spring 1996
STFB set activities for 1996 - Illumination at Confederate Cemetery, Tour of
Thompson's Station battle, Tour of Hood's Retreat, Historic Marker at Cotton
Gin Site - STFB reprints 1909 book "Retreat From Pulaski to Nashville, Tenn" as fund raiser - with review by Patrick
Craddock - STFB Bumper Stickers for sale to raise funds and promote group February 1996 STFB
Places their first Historic Marker at trench line on Hwy 96 West - Report on
Annual Meeting and Election of 1996 Officers - STFB Receives $2,000 from October
Re-enactment - Report on STFB Booth at re-enactment - Sketch of civilian's
experiences as they shelter in Carter House basement October 1995 Short
history of Historic Lotz House - Short summary of
"The Williamson Grays" at the Battle of Franklin - STFB Annual
Meeting set for Nov 12, Dr Michael Bradley to speak - Oct 27-29 Re-enactment
of Battles of Spring Hill, Franklin, Nashville at Spring Hill - Middle Tenn CWRT at 7pm Oct 12 - Battlefield Conference set for
26-27 November 1993 STFB
officers for 1993 listed, Statue of Patrick Cleburne to be unveiled at
Winstead Hill Nov 28, March to Carter House will follow unveiling,
Candlelight Tour of Homes scheduled Dec 4-5 - Carnton Plantation will
host Children's Celebration Dec 4 - Reflections that only 3% of our
most important Civil War battlefields are protected in National Parks September 1993 ABPP
$7,640 Grant to fund Battle of Franklin Driving Tour Map - 1993 Preservation
Conference set for Oct 23-24 - Civil War Sites Advisory Commission announces
ratings for battlefields at Spring Hill, Franklin and Nashville - STFB
newsletter will feature combined calendar of all local events May 1993 Report on
May 3 Annual Meeting, WDCN Chan 8 did program "The Vanishing Civil
War" Membership Meeting set for May 20 at Hiram Masonic Lodge, Membership
Meeting to focus on strategies and plans |
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