Family Reunion Programs
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Nashville and Middle Tennessee have a rich and colorful history dating from prehistoric times through the Mississippian Indians, early pioneers, antebellum plantations, civil war battles, the industrial revolution, and twentieth century culture. With its numerous entertainment venues and many historical attractions, Nashville is a destination city and has truly earned its nicknames “Music City, USA” and “Athens of the South.” |
Did you know?
- The saber tooth tiger logo for Nashville’s national hockey league team was inspired from the remains of a saber tooth tiger. The remains were found in a cave at the downtown Nashville construction site of a major bank.
- Nashville is the capitol of Tennessee (the 15th state, entering the Union in 1796) and has twenty-two colleges
and universities. - Nashville's Warner Parks are the largest park system contained within a city’s limits anywhere in the United States.
- Middle Tennessee is the home of our country’s 7th and 11th Presidents – Andrew Jackson and James K. Polk.
- There were two civil war battles in Nashville (1862 and 1864), both won by the Union Army, and each which stifled delivery of supplies to the Confederates.
- The Parthenon at Centennial Park is the only full-scale replica of the Parthenon in ancient Greece.
- The Tennessee State Library and Archives is located in downtown Nashville. The Nashville Room at the downtown Nashville Public Library has one of our nation’s largest collections of civil war documents.
- Old Hickory Boulevard, which encircles Nashville, is exactly one-hundred miles long and was originally established as a race course by Andrew Jackson.
- Numerous religious organizations have historical archive centers in Nashville.
- The Grand Ole Opry is the longest continuously running radio show in America. It broadcasted its first program in
October, 1925.
Planning your family reunion or a historical meeting in Nashville?
Bob Allen, an experienced genealogist and a local history enthusiast, can help you establish programs and engage speakers for your events.
For more than three years, Bob has led the Bellevue Genealogy and History Group, which meets weekly at the FiftyForward Turner Lifelong Living Center in Bellevue. The Group assists seniors with their genealogy research and secures dynamic and knowledgeable speakers for its history and cultural lecture series. Contacts made with the many directors, curators, and researchers of historical facilities around Nashville afford Bob the opportunity to secure many of these speakers for your events.
Bob has also presented several lectures on how to research and glean often overlooked information from obituaries and census records. Everyone has a story to tell … each of us and those who have gone before us. Establishing a simple database of information contained in obituaries and census records can easily lead to additional research sources and help the researcher build an accurate and interesting story of almost anyone.
Call 615-218-4580 or Click here to Contact Bob Allen via the contact form.