May 9, 2025
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History

History Leaving a Legacy Life Style

Missing Wisconsin mother found ‘alive and well’ after six decades ‘living her life’ happily with new husband and name: ‘Did what she had to do’

*This story originally published in The Guardian by Maya Yang May4, 2025. Audrey Backeberg who disappeared at age 20 in 1962 was found living out of the state, county sheriff’s […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Education Faith History Inspiration Leaving a Legacy Life Style Life Style Motivation Politics Schools/Education

Remembering George Smith, a ‘Rockstar’ who led by example

By Mike Sparks *Previously published in The Daily News Journal, March 28, 2018 It’s been said that “those that do not know their history are doomed to repeat it.” Dr. […]

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Education History Schools/Education

Three Presidents – Forty Years of Change In Tennessee

Three Presidents – Forty Years of Change As the leaves begin to turn and temperatures drop, visitors can plan an autumn outing that takes them back to the early and mid-19th […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Faith History Leaving a Legacy

When Critics Roar, Builders Rise: What Nehemiah, Goethals, and Lincoln Teach Us About Endurance

My son was a construction engineer whose first job was rebuilding the Goethals Bridge, a reconstruction project over the waterway between New Jersey and Staten Island. It had originally been […]

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History behind the Hymn “It is well with my soul”

THE STORY OF THE “IT IS WELL WITH MY SOUL” Horatio Gates Spafford was born in New York, on 20th October 1828, but it was in Chicago that he became […]

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Education Faith History Leaving a Legacy Schools/Education

Historic Black School Near Stones River Battlefield Slated for Preservation

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University’s Center for Historic Preservation is working closely with alumnus and retired administrator Vincent Windrow and the Friends of Cemetery School to help preserve […]

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History

Hart’s Spring history originates with Namesake of Pioneer

July 27, 2021, Susan Harber, The Daily News Journal Big Hart’s Spring is one mile west of Smyrna at the head of Hart’s Branch and carries a beautiful history within […]

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1st Amendment/Free Expression Education History Schools/Education

Honoring George Washington’s 293rd Birthday & Wilbur the Pig’s Legacy at AMERICA 250! Kickoff

Murfreesboro, TN – The Colonel Hardy Murfree Chapter, NSDAR, cordially invites you to the Rutherford County kickoff of AMERICA 250! at the Batey Farm (5331 Baker Rd., Murfreesboro). It is […]

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Adventure History

Abandoned Theme Park – Ghost Town in the Sky

*Originally published in the Abandoned Central It was a rainy morning back in 2018. We arrived at the theme park just before sunrise, after driving several hours through the night […]

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Adventure History Schools/Education Tennessee Highways and Byways

Elkmont, Tennessee: The Hidden Ghost Town Preserved by Time and Nature

Elkmont, Tennessee, is known for many things. Part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, it’s one of the largest and busiest campgrounds in the park, with access to Little […]

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