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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBP_civil-war-at-the-hermitage_Nashville-TN.html
Although no Civil War battles were fought here, the war touched Andrew Jackson's farm in other ways. Jackson had been a firm Unionist, putting down Nullification and its potential for civil war during his presidency. However, after his death, his …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBO_the-war-road_Nashville-TN.html
In 1915, The Ladies' Hermitage Association planted this double line of trees to serve as the border for a new entryway intended for visitors arriving by automobile. Each tree came from a battlefield where Andrew Jackson fought, such as the Plain o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZBN_the-hermitage-landscape_Nashville-TN.html
At first glance, The Hermitage Landscape may seem largely untouched by time. Look more closely, however, and discover the changes brought by over 200 years of labor...living...and a changing America. White Americans and their slave first settle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZB4_nashvilles-first-radio-station_Nashville-TN.html
June 1922, Boy Scout John H. DeWitt, Jr., started Nashville's first radio station (WDAA) on the Ward-Belmont Campus. Assisted by music teacher G. S. deLuca, he broadcast Enrico Caruso records to the opening of the River and Rail Terminal on the ri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZB2_belmont-hillsboro-neighborhood_Nashville-TN.html
When Adelicia Acklen's estate was sold in 1890, the Belmont Mansion and its ground became Belmont College. Other portions, and parts of the neighboring Sunnyside Mansion property, were subdivided into residential lots by the Belmont Land Co. In 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZB0_assault-on-montgomery-hill_Nashville-TN.html
500 yards east of here, Maj. Gen. T. J. Wood led an assault by his IV Corps against the Confederate skirmish line on the hill, eventually carrying it. Attacking the main line about 600 yards south, Wood was unable to take it by direct assault, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7R_hillsboro-theater_Nashville-TN.html
In 1925, the Hillsboro Theater opened as a silent film house with its entrance on 21st Avenue South. The stage arch was decorated by Italian craftsman, Raffaelo Mattei. It was the home of the Children's Theatre of Nashville after 1931, the Grand O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7P_duncan-college-preparatory-school-for-boys_Nashville-TN.html
Marvin T. Duncan, a graduate of Webb School (Bell Buckle) and Vanderbilt University, founded Duncan School in 1908 at this site on 25th Avenue S. He and his wife, Pauline, taught at the school until it closed in 1952. The Duncans dedicated their l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ7O_hillsboro-west-end_Nashville-TN.html
This classic streetcar suburb was developed on farm land as Nashville grew south and west in the late nineteenth century. Built in Bungalow, Tudor, and Colonial Revival styles, many homes from the 1910s and 1920s still stand. The Hillsboro-West En…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ71_federal-defenses_Nashville-TN.html
Near here, the interior defensive lines ran southwest to cross Harding Pike; the total length of these works was about 7 miles. First garrisoned by Wood's IV Corps, it was occupied Dec. 15 by Donaldson's Division of Quarter-master employees. Part …
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