Tennessee 250th: Opportunities and Challenges

601 South Gay Street,Knoxville TN 37902

12 April, 2022

Description

Brown Bag 2022 Lecture Series with Dr. Carroll Van West To help guide Tennessee’s commemoration and celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the General Assembly created the Tennessee 250th Commission. Its chair, Dr. Carroll Van West, will share ideas and suggestions on what can happen in Tennessee over the next four years and explores the unique and significant stories and places we can share with the nation and the world. Dr. Carroll Van West is the Tennessee State Historian. He is the Director and Professor at the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University. He was the editor of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly from 1992 to 2010 and serves as the editor-in-chief of the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture. His books include Tennessee’s Historic Landscapes, Tennessee’s New Deal Landscape, and A History of Tennessee Arts.