Governor Awards $500,000 for Eastern Flank Battlefield Roadway, Williamson Herald, July 21, 2011 Battlefield Park Gets Boost, Williamson A.M., July 22, 2011
Click here for more...On Sunday, April 15th at 3 P.M., the Franklin Civil War Round Table will present author and historian Dr. Brian McKnight, who will speak on Champ Ferguson and other guerillas active in Tennessee during the Civil War. Depending on one’s historical perspective, Confederate guerilla Champ Ferguson was either a ruthless murderer or a legitimate solider [...]
Click here for more...On Sunday, March 11th at 3 P.M., the Franklin Civil War Round Table will is presenting a tour and lecture of St John’s Church, just outside Columbia, Tennessee. Maury County historian, Bob Duncan, will speak on the church’s history, its involvement with the Polk family including Bishop General Leonidas Polk, and as a final resting [...]
Click here for more...Williamson County photographer Mark Lucas has recently released a stunning photograph, The Confederate Monument on the Square at Sunset, and is selling 16×20 giclee prints on canvas to raise funds to support Franklin’s Charge. Each print is $175, and Franklin’s Charge will receive 20 percent of the proceeds to utilize for the establishment of the [...]
Click here for more...FRANKLIN — With $500,000 in grants on the table to snare a key piece of a former Civil War battlefield on Columbia Avenue, Franklin’s Charge supporters say they will step up money-raising from supporters. They’d better hurry if they want to meet a May 1 deadline. Julian Bibb, Franklin’s Charge board member, estimates the group [...]
Click here for more...Three Showings Coincide with Anniversary of the Battle; Film-maker to Moderate Panel Discussion “A Must-see film…” “Every living, breathing American should see this…” “Tells the story of the Battle of Franklin like never before…” Those who weren’t able to purchase tickets for the sold-out premiere of the film Heading Back Home: Franklin’s Unknown Soldier and [...]
Click here for more...FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Two years after thousands of people lined Franklin’s downtown streets to honor the sacrifice of an unknown Civil War soldier recovered from the battlefield, the long-awaited premiere of the film chronicling the event and its impact has arrived. “Heading Back Home: Franklin’s Unknown Soldier and the Civil War’s Five Bloodiest Hours” will [...]
Click here for more...By Gregory L. Wade (September 2011 Civil War News) FRANKLIN, Tenn. — Franklin civic leaders, historians and preservationists are encouraged by a recent allocation of $500,000 from the Tennessee Department of Transportation to be applied to construction of a Battle of Franklin park “loop road.” This road would provide access for interpretation of acreage crossed by the [...]
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