History Hootenanny

The East Tennessee Historical Society announces the 4th annual History Hootenanny, a celebration of East Tennessee history. History Hootenanny showcases the best of the East Tennessee History Center and its partners at this open house. This year’s theme is “Sports History” as we celebrate the feature exhibition, Home Runs & Home Teams: A History of the National Pastime in Tennessee. Guests can enjoy live music, sports-themed children’s activities, Knoxville walking tours, shuttles to the Historic House Museums of Knoxville, and more! History Hootenanny is a free public history event organized in partnership by the East Tennessee Historical Society, Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection, and Tennessee Archive of Moving Image & Sound.

Featuring

-Mini lectures with local historians
-Music
-Children’s activities
-Walking tours
-Screenings from Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound
at the Tennessee Theatre
-Self-guided tours of the Tennessee Theatre
-Shuttles to local museums
-Don’t miss a special screening of Clarence Brown’s Angels in the
Outfield at the Tennessee Theatre!

The full schedule of events can be found on our website at https://www.easttnhistory.org/event/history-hootenanny-3/

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• This Monday, 18th August, 10:30 am, Little History Lessons: Suffrage in Knoxville

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