Armistice Day/Veterans Day
November 9, 2009
Wednesday, November 11,
Cleo Blankenbecler Showalter, Minnie Blankenbecler and Lillie Sullivan celebrating the first Armistice Day. The celebration was held in downtown Kingsport, November 11, 1919.
is Veterans Day, a day to honor and remember those who have served and are serving in the armed forces.
Veterans Day has its roots as Armistice Day, which marked the end of World War I when an armistice was signed on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. Armistice Day was designated a national holiday in 1938 and renamed Veterans Day in 1954.
In November 1919, President Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day with the following words:
” To us in America, the reflections of
illie Sullivan celebrating Armistice Day in downtown Kingsport, November 11, 1919.
Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations…”
For more information on the history of Armistice Day and Veterans Day please visit the United States Department of Veteran’s Affairs website.
All of the photos posted are from the Dorothy Sullivan Hale Collection.
Lillie Sullivan and son John Bruce Sullivan in front of Bachelder's Studio in downtown Kingsport on Armistice Day, November 11, 1919.
Kiwanis Kapers: The “Singing Housewives”
November 5, 2009
The archives has a lot of great pictures and memorabilia from the Kiwanis Kapers. The Kiwanis Kapers produced a community variety program for several decades in Kingsport as a fundraiser for the Kiwanis Club. The Kapers had a number of acts that varied from chorus lines, to minstrel acts, and a variety of various other skits.
The "Singing Housewives" rehearsing for the Kiwanis Kapers performance. From left to right: Sylvia Thompson, Katharine Shivar, Nancy Peterson, Frances Walters, Ellen Crowther and Jean Kern. Photo by David Peirce.
In 1964, one of the big acts of the program was the the “Singing Housewives.” According to the paper, “the Singing Housewives were accomplished singers whose major interest in life is the rearing of families.”
Article from Kingsport Times News from March of 1964.
For more information on the Kiwanis Kapers or to see more pictures please visit the archives or check out the online image gallery on the Archives of the City of Kingsport website.
Downtown Kingsport Holiday Shopping Event
November 3, 2009
This Thursday, November 5, downtown businesses will be staying open late to kick off the holiday shopping season.
Night view of Christmas lights down Broad Street. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr., 1947.
Over thirty downtown shops and restaurants will be participating from 5-8 pm. There will be food, drinks and plenty of great merchandise and special deals!
Come out and explore what downtown Kingsport has to offer and get a jump start on your holiday shopping. For more information please visit the Explore Downtown Kingsport Website!
Limited Edition Holiday Postcards
October 31, 2009
The Friends of the Archives are selling a limited edition set of holiday postcards. The postcards feature a painting from the archives, “Christmas Eve in Kingsport” by Paul Fuller.
The painting was donated to the archives by Nellie Perkins in 2005. It had been purchased at an estate sale in 1940.
The postcards can be purchased at the Kingsport Public Library in the archives, at the circulation desk, or at the reference desk.
Each set is $5.00 and contains 10 postcards. All proceeds go to the Friends of the Archives and help support the Archives of the City of Kingsport.
Haunted Kingsport: Ghosts of Tri-City Tennessee by Pete Dykes
October 29, 2009
Just in time for Halloween….
Check out Pete Dykes’ book “Haunted Kingsport: Ghosts of Tri-City Tennessee.”
The book is filled with over twenty spooky tales and legends about Kingsport and the surrounding area.
Downtown Kingsport Halloween Costumed Pub Crawl
October 27, 2009
GoTriCities and participating Downtown Kingsport Venues are sponsoring the inaugural downtown Kingsport Halloween Costumed Pub Crawl from 9 pm-1 am on October 31, 2009.
Children at St. Paul's Church dressed up for Halloween. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr., 1956.
The Pub Crawl will feature live music, drink specials and cash prizes for costumed participants.
You can purchase wristbands in advance for $5.00 at the Kingsport Grocery Company, The Bus Pit, Bone Fire Smokehouse and the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce.
Another shot of children from St. Paul's dressed up in costume for Halloween. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr. 1956.
Learn more about the Downtown Kingsport Halloween Costumed Pub Crawl and see a promotional video at Kingsport.tv.
Also visit the Costume Pub Crawl website.
Halloween Carnival at the Civic Auditorium. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr., 1947.
Pal Barger to Speak at Archives Meeting
October 26, 2009
Today’s paper has an article by Leigh Ann Laube about the Archives Annual Meeting tomorrow night. Here it is…
“Barger to Speak at Archives Meeting”
LEIGH ANN LAUBE (lalaube@timesnews.net)
Fred “Pal” Barger will be the featured speaker during Tuesday night’s Friends of the Archives Annual Meeting. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. in the library’s Mead Auditorium.
Barger, a Kingsport native and founder of Pal’s restaurants, will present a slide show along with his talk, which is part of the Betty Gibson Memorial Lecture series.
“I’ll talk about from the beginning — how I got the idea, the founding principles, the design on the drive-thrus, some of the results of that, and then have it open for questions,” Barger said.
As a teenager attending Dobyns-Bennett High School, Barger worked as a carhop at Skoby’s, the barbecue drive-in his parents opened in 1946. In 1953, he received an honorable discharge from the United States Air Force and returned to Kingsport. After earning a degree in business from East Tennessee State University, he ran a small restaurant in Marion, Va.
In 1956, he opened the first Pal’s Sudden Service in downtown Kingsport. A few years later, he opened another Pal’s in Kingsport and one in Elizabethton. In 2009, Barger opened the 22nd Pal’s, this one on the Andrew Johnson Highway in Greeneville.
In 2001, Pal’s was named the first and only restaurant company to win the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. That same year, Pal’s opened the Business Excellence Institute, created to share best business practices with other organizations and individuals.
Through the years, Barger has been active in the community. He’s also active at his alma mater, having served on the ETSU Foundation and on ETSU’s Roan Scholars Leadership Program Committee.
Barger and his wife, Sharon, live in Kingsport. They have three children and four grandchildren.
The Friends of the Archives annual meeting is free and open to the public.
“We’ll use this time to try to get new members as well for the Friends of the Archives. They’re a non-profit support group for the archives,” said City Archivist Brianne Wright. “They sponsor meetings and exhibits. They donate materials and supplies for the archives, and they donate their time to help with the exhibits.”
There are now about 60 FOA members, but there’s always room for more. The Archives, located in the library’s lower level, houses papers and photographs of individuals, organizations, industry, business, and non-current city records pertaining to the history of the city of Kingsport for preservation and research purposes.
For more information, visit www.kingsportlibrary.org/archives.
Haunted Tours of the Inn
October 23, 2009
Check out Haunted Tours of Netherland Inn this weekend. Below is the text to an article about the event by Jessica Fischer of the Kingsport Times-News.
Netherland Inn, 1948.
Netherland Inn gets spooked for haunted tours
By JESSICA FISCHER
jfischer@timesnews.net
If Netherland Inn’s time-worn walls could talk, they might regale modern-day visitors with stories of stagecoaches and flat-bottom boats, tales of travelers venturing west along the Great Old Stage Road or proud remembrances of visits by such famed guests as Presidents Jackson, Johnson and Polk.
But this weekend, the only yarns being spun inside the 200-year-old historic site will be spooky ones.
A small army of volunteers, including members of Netherland Inn’s steering committee and Sullivan South High School’s Anchor Club, have been hard at work dressing the inn in ghastly garments for two evenings of haunted Halloween tours.
From 7 to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday, storytellers will be stationed on each floor of the inn, while costumed characters roam the grounds. New this year is a two-hour children’s event, to be held from 5 to 7 p.m., Saturday, in the newly finished Bank Barn beside the inn.
“This is something we’re trying this year,” said Linda Freeman, who’s co-chairing this year’s event with Elizabeth Findley. ”It will be the witch’s walk, Jamie’s trick-or-treat adventure, a bean bag toss into the pumpkin, and we’re asking that parents bring their camera to take their children’s picture in the Great Pumpkin.”
Admission to the tours is $5 for adults and $3 for youngsters under 10; Saturday’s children’s festivities are included in Saturday’s ticket price. The event isn’t recommended for youngsters under 4.
Hot dogs, goblin goodies, witch’s brew and other tasty treats will be available for purchase as long as they last.
The haunted tours serve as a fundraiser for Netherland Inn, but it’s also a fun way to pique the community’s interest in the history of the nation’s only registered historical site that served as both a stage stop and a boatyard.
“It’s a fun introduction to the inn and we hope that folks who visit for the Halloween event will come back again and see it and learn more about the history of it,” said steering committee member Rusty Light.
This weekend’s haunted tours will close out Netherland Inn’s 2009 operating season, but folks will have one last chance to tour the inn before next April during the historic site’s Flatboat Christmas festivities, Dec. 4-6.
The inn will be decked out in its holiday finest for the event, which begins at 5 p.m., Dec. 4 with tours and refreshments, and the opening of the inn’s inaugural Stage Stop Wreath Festival next door in the Bank Barn; music under the stars begins at 6 p.m. and will be followed by a concert featuring the ETSU Bluegrass Band at 7 p.m. Tickets are $10.
The festivities will continue with tours of the inn and Bank Barn from 7 to 9 p.m., Dec. 5 and from 1 to 4 p.m., Dec. 6, when children can pay a visit to a Woodland Santa on the inn’s flatboat replica. Admission. Admission on Saturday and Sunday is $3 for adults and free for children under 12 when they bring a toy for charity. Donations of non-perishable food items and new clothing items are also welcome.
Proceeds from the sale of the wreaths during the weekend’s silent auction will be split with the Kingsport Interfaith Hospitality Network, which works with 20 local churches to provide services to Kingsport families who have fallen on hard times.
For more information about the haunted tours or the Christmas festivities, e-mail Freeman at lindafreeman@charter.net.
For more info check out the Netherland Inn Website.
Haunted Half Marathon and Halloween Festival in Downtown Kingsport
October 22, 2009
Downtown Kingsport is hosting for the first time several Halloween events. Check out the new Haunted Half Marathon and Halloween Festival on October 31, 2009.
Children in the St. Paul's Kindergarten Class decorating a pumpkin for Halloween. Photo by David Peirce, 1965.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
3 pm-Haunted Half Marathon
4:30 pm-Monster Dash (kids races)
5 pm-9 pm-Happy Halloween Hour (beverage specials at participating downtown restaurants)
5:30 pm-Trunk or Treat downtown Kingsport
6 pm-Awards Ceremony
9 pm-Ghouls Walk at participating restaurants
Children at St. Paul's Church dressed up for Halloween. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr., 1956.
For more information and to register for the Haunted Half Marathon or the Trunk or Treat please visit the Haunted Half Mile Marathon website.
Also check out an article from The Examiner about the event.
Vince Staten’s Column on Archives Month
October 16, 2009
Big Thanks to Vince Staten 
for his column in today’s paper. I have copied the text of his column below.
Archives (and I) looking for new old material for city’s collection
October is American Archives Month and the City of Kingsport Archives is celebrating by releasing a new series of postcards from vintage photographs in the Archives’ collection.
We are lucky to have a city archives. Not many cities have their own living history repository.
Kingsport was the first city in Tennessee to create its own archive, according to current City Archivist Brianne Wright. Most Tennessee counties have an archive but there are still only a handful of municipalities with their own archives. Neither Bristol nor Johnson City, our closest neighbors, has an archive. Not even Knoxville has its own city archive.
Our archive is a treasure trove, with everything from the Sobel’s-sponsored entry in the 1965 Soap Box Derby to early paper currency from the Bank of Kingsport signed by J. Fred Johnson.
Brianne says, “The mission of the archives is to collect and preserve materials on the history and people of Kingsport, so there are a variety of materials that people donate.”
And she is looking for more material.
“One thing that I try to get across to people is that if they are unsure if the archives will accept their donation, then they shouldn’t hesitate to ask. They may not think that the materials are valuable to the archives or think that no one would be interested in their family photos, but that is not always the case. I would prefer people to take the time to call or come by and ask before they throw things out. I shudder to think about how much stuff has been thrown away over the years that would be historically significant to Kingsport’s history.”
Brianne says she doesn’t have a “want list” — but I do.
Here is My Most Wanted List of Kingsport Historical Items.
1. Kingsport Times, Volume 1, Number 1. The very first Kingsport Times from 1916 is missing. In fact the first four issues of the Kingsport Times are missing. The oldest existing one, and it’s only on microfilm, is Number 5. Brianne says she does have a copy of the Kingsport Sentinel, Oct. 14, 1910, and The (Kingsport) Progress, Sept. 6, 1917.
2. The Kingsport Times coverage of Murderous Mary, the Circus Elephant who killed her trainer and was later hanged in Erwin. Those 1916 editions are also missing. The only existing newspaper coverage is from the Johnson City and Bristol papers.
3. “Kingsport,” also known as the Bobby Dodd movie. This newspaper wrote several stories in 1926 about a locally filmed movie that featured football star Bobby “Rabbit” Dodd. It was even shown at the Strand. No copy of the movie is known to exist.
4. “The Way of Men,” also known as the 1930 Kingsport movie. Four years later, a group of local folk produced this comedy, starring a local cast, directed by Margaret Jean McClaran, the head of the department of public speaking at D-B, and scored by the D-B band director, Fess Witt. It too was shown at the Strand and it too is missing.
5. Photos of Elvis at the Civic Auditorium in 1955. There were only a couple of hundred people in attendance at that show but surely somebody took along a Brownie Hawkeye.
If you come across any of these items in your attic or basement, run don’t walk to donate them to the Archives.
ARCHIVES POSTCARDS
Each set of the new Archives postcards contains five postcards and sells for $5. Series 3 includes vintage photos of J. Fred Johnson Department Store when it was next to Palace News (1946) and the dime store block of Broad with Woolworth’s, Kress’s and Grant’s. Series 4 includes a Piggly Wiggly photo from 1946 and a 1953 photo of the Russell’s Newsstand building at Sullivan and Charlemont.
You can view the postcards online at the Archives blog, kingsportarchives.wordpress.com.
The postcard sets can be purchased at Berry’s Pharmacy, Carriage House, Downtown Kingsport Association, Haggle Shop, Marcum’s Pharmacy, Mary’s Kitchen Shop, Nooks & Crannies, P&J Antiques, Rowe’s Pharmacy, Up Against the Wall Gallery, Shakar Antiques and the Kingsport Public Library and Archives.
WISE IN HEADLINE
Kingsport native Tom Smith is a little behind in his column reading. He has to wait until he gets clippings of my column from his Kingsport brother-in-law Jim Henderson. “Your article about headlines reminded me of a headline my mother Lucile Smith cut out of the Kingsport Times-News years ago and always had on the front of her refrigerator.”
Tom sent me a copy of the headline: “Wise woman “detained “for outburst”
(The woman may or may not have been wise but she was certainly from Wise, Virginia.)
COUNTING HEADS
Dick Cartwright was surfing the Internet when he came across a photo of a famous gospel group. “I sure must have missed some vital math lessons. The Blackwood Quartet has six members.”
Vince also does a blog, check it out at http://vincestaten.blogspot.com.
Fire Prevention Month in the Model City
October 15, 2009
Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr., 1946
Not only is October American Archives and Tennessee Month, it is also Fire Prevention Month.
The National Fire Protection Association theme this year is “Stay Fire Smart! Don’t Get Burned!”
This year’s campaign focuses on ways to keep homes fire safe and prevent painful burns. Additionally, fire safety educators will be teaching local residents how to plan and practice escape from a home in case a fire occurs.
Central Fire Station, 709 Watauga Street. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr., 1946
By following simple safety rules, you can “Stay Fire Smart! Don’t Get Burned.”
* Keep hot foods and liquids away from tables and counter edges so they cannot be pulled or knocked over.
* Have a 3-foot “kid-free” zone around the stove.
* Never hold a child in your arms while preparing hot food or drinking a hot beverage.
* Be careful when using things that get hot such as curling irons, oven, irons, lamps, heaters.
* Install tamper-resistant receptacles to prevent a child from sticking an object in the outlet.
* Never leave a child alone in a room with a lit candle, portable heater, lit fireplace or stove, or where a hot appliance might be in use.
* Wear short or close-fitting sleeves when cooking.
* Set your hot water temperature no higher than 120 degrees.
* Install anti-scald valves on shower heads and faucets.
* Insist on home fire sprinklers for your family’s safety.
The fire department working on the Kingsport Grocery Company fire in March 1938.
“Kingsport’s Fire Prevention efforts have brought a safer lifestyle to our citizens. It has been 2 ½ years since we’ve had a fire death in Kingsport. That is almost unheard of in a city our size. The outstanding response of our engine crews, Fire and Life Safety Education in our elementary schools and with the public, utilization of our municipal television channel, cooperation with the local media, and inspection and enforcement, has combined to make Kingsport a much safer city. The soon opening of our new stations in Rock Springs and on Stone Drive will further enhance our capabilities to respond and protect our citizens in fire, medical and other emergencies.” - Kingsport Fire Chief Craig Dye
Group photo of firefighters from the Kingsport Fire Department, Station No. 2. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr., 1946
For more information on Fire Prevention Month in Kingsport please visit http://www.kingsporttn.gov/october-kingsport-fire-prevention-month or visit the National Fire Protection Association.
A group of children, fire fighters, and other adults pose in front of a fire truck, 1954. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
For more information on the history of the Kingsport Fire Department please visit the archives or the archives online image gallery.
Public Meeting about Library Expansion Plans
October 13, 2009
The public is invited to attend a presentation and community discussion event about the Kingsport Public Library’s expansion/renovation plans on Monday, October 26 at 6:30 in the auditorium.
Architects rendition of downtown Kingsport with Post Office, Bank, Library, and Office Buildings. Drawing done by Carrere and Hastings out of New York, 1946.
The architects from PSA-Dewberry and Cain Rash West will make a brief presentation and will facilitate community discussion about plans for the library and archives.
The Freedom Train
October 12, 2009
Over sixty years ago the Freedom Train rolled into Kingsport’s Clinchfield Railroad Station. From 1947-1949 the Freedom Train traveled all over the country carrying 127 documents and artifacts of historical significance to the United States.
Essentially an exhibit train, the train allowed people to view documents such as the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and the Gettysburg Address. The “Freedom Documents” were guarded by the United States Marine Corps.
On October 1, 1948 the Freedom Train arrived in Kingsport. Newspaper reports covering the event estimated that it was viewed by over 11,000 people.
The Freedom Train was viewed by over 3.5 million people in 48 States, 322 Communities and in 413 days. This was the first and only time that all of these documents and artifacts were assembled for public display. The Freedom Train toured the contiguous 48 states with the goal of “reawakening Americans to…the principles of liberty.”
All of the photos above were taken by Thomas McNeer, Jr. on October 1, 1948.
For more information on The Freedom Train please visit the archives or check out these photos and more at www.kingsportlibrary.org/archives.
The Friends of the Archives Annual Meeting and Betty Gibson Memorial Lecture will be held October 27 at 6 pm in the Mead Auditorium of the Kingsport Public Library.
The featured speaker this year is Pal Barger!
This should be a great program and it is free and open to the public. Come hear Pal talk and support the Friends of the Archives. Refreshments will be served.
The Friends will also be premiering a very special limited edition Kingsport Christmas Postcard so mark your calendar!
American Archives Month/Tennessee Archives Month 2009
October 7, 2009
October is American Archives Month!
October is also Tennessee Archives Month!
American Archives Month and Tennessee Archives Month are an opportunity to raise awareness about the value of an archives . Archives Month is also a time to focus on the importance of records of enduring value and to enhance public recognition for the people and programs that are responsible for maintaining our communities’ vital
historical records.
The Archives of the City of Kingsport serves an important role in the Kingsport Community. The archives collects and preserves historically significant materials relevant to Kingsport. The archives houses papers and photographs of individuals, organizations, industry, business, and non-current City records for preservation and research purposes.
If the archives did not exist many of the photographs and documents housed here may have been lost forever or buried away in an attic somewhere. The archives provides a place to properly store these valuable mementos of Kingsport as well as make them available to be seen and celebrated.
To see what the archives has to offer feel free to visit and browse the many photos and artifacts on display. You can also browse over 1800 images from the archives at www.kingsportlibrary.org/archives.
Strand Theatre
October 6, 2009
The Downtown Kingsport Association (DKA)
Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr., 1947
recently announced their partnership with Restoration Church to bring performing arts to the Historic Strand Theatre on Broad Street.
The building will be converted into a full performing arts venue. Restoration Church and DKA will partner on various events ranging from family based dramas and comedy to musicals and concerts.
The building will continue to function as the home of the Restoration Church. For more information on the Strand Theatre Project please visit the DKA’s website.
The Strand, 1948. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
The Strand Theatre was the first movie theater in Kingsport. Originally located on the corner of Main and Shelby Streets, the theater moved to 140 Broad Street (former home of Goodwin Furniture Company) in 1925. The building on the corner of Main and Shelby later became the Gem Theatre and is the current home of the DKA.
Seating area, 1947. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
December 23, 1945 Kingsport Times-News
The Strand Theatre burned down on December 22, 1945, but was reopened in 1947.
The Strand Theater officially closed October 23, 1982.
In 1989, the Restoration Church moved into the historic theater building.
You can view these pictures and more of the Strand Theatre and other Kingsport Movie Theaters on the archives online image gallery at www.kingsportlibrary.org/archives.
The Strand Sweet Shop, undated. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
The Projection Room, 1947. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
Dobyns-Bennett vs. Sullivan (1946 and 1947)
October 1, 2009
After several years of not playing each other, Dobyns-Bennett and Sullivan South will be renewing their rivalry Friday night.
Football game between Dobyns-Bennett and Sullivan High School. Number 17 (far right of photo) is Sullivan player Charles B. Gillespie, 1946. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
There are some great pictures in the archives of past football games between Dobyns-Bennett and Sullivan High School. Here are a few to get you in the mood for Friday night football!
The Sullivan High School student section, 1947. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
The DBHS Marching Band, 1946. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
Sullivan High School football team, 1947. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
Sullivan High School Cheerleaders, 1947. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
DBHS Cheerleaders, 1947. Photo by Thomas McNeer, Jr.
Kingsport Press/Arcata Graphics/Quebecor Reunion
September 28, 2009
A reunion for employees of the Kingsport Press, Arcata Graphics and Quebecor will be held October 24.The event is open to anyone who worked for the company and their guests, not just retirees.
Kingsport Press, undated
The event will be between 10:oo am and 5:00 pm at the Farm and Home Building at the Appalachian Fairgrounds in Gray. Pratt’s Catering will serve lunch from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Total cost is $15.00 per person which includes the meal and all other related expenses.
Employee of the Kingsport Press, 1947
The reunion will be a casual affair, no speeches or programs are planned. People are welcome to come and visit with friends and former colleagues, tell stories and have a good time remembering the past.
Kingsport Press, 1959
If you are interested in attending the reunion you can make reservations by mailing a check or money order to:
Kingsport Press Reunion
Crockett’s Bookkeeping and Tax Service
1120 Bloomingdale Pike
Kingsport, TN 37660
Please include the employee’s full name and the name of your guest.
Interior of the Kingsport Press, 1963
If you have any questions about the reunion please call 245-8334.
There is a lot going on around town this weekend!
September 24, 2009
For those of you that say that there is noting to do around here…think again…this weekend is packed with events!
First up…The Exchange Place Living History Farm is hosting the 37th Fall Folk Arts Festival on Saturday (10-5) and again on Sunday (12-5). Admission is $1.00 for adults and only .50 for children. For more information please visit their website.
Tipton-Haynes State Historic Site is hosting the annual Bluegrass and Sorghum Festival on Saturday from 12-8. Admission is $10.00 for adults and $5.00 for children 4-12, children 3 and under get in for free. Please visit their website for more information.
Check out the new “Predators” exhibit at the Gray Fossil Museum that officially opens on Saturday. For information on the exhibit and the museum please visit their website.
Netherland Inn is hosting the Bluegrass and Old Tyme Fiddlers Festival on Saturday from 10-4. Admission is $5.00. Visit the Netherland Inn website for more information.
“Fall for Downtown” will take place along Main Street in downtown Kingsport. There will be 40 merchants set up with booths to showcase what is available in downtown Kingsport. There will be a lot of activities going on from 11-7. Check out more information on the schedule of events for the “Fall for Downtown” event from a recent article from the Times-News.
Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Kingsport in the 1920’s
September 21, 2009
A view of Downtown Kingsport, January 1928.
Kenny Stallard will be presenting the program “Kingsport in the 1920’s” this Friday, September 25. The presentation starts at 9:15 and will be in Room 239 at the Renaissance Center. The program is sponsored by the Kingsport Senior Center’s Genealogy Club and is open to the public.
Come enjoy Kenny’s program and learn about Kingsport’s fascinating past!
