November 2021
2021 East Tennessean of the Year
Established in 2011 by the East Tennessee Historical Society Board of Directors, the award periodically recognizes and honors an East Tennessee history maker who is an ambassador for the region and represents integrity, dignity, leadership and the volunteer spirit. The 2021 honoree will be Lamar Alexander, a seventh generation East Tennessean who served as a three-term U.S. senator, the U.S. secretary of education, president of the University of Tennessee and two-term governor of Tennessee. The event includes a cocktail reception,…
Find out more »April 2022
An Evening with Jon Meacham at the Bijou Theatre
The East Tennessee Historical Society and Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law will present an evening with Jon Meacham, a New York Times best-selling writer and presidential biographer whose works include “Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush,” “Songs of America” with Tim McGraw and “The Soul of America,” which was No. 1 on the NYT bestseller list. Meacham will present his Bush book at the event. Tickets are $55 per person; $45, students or members of the East Tennessee…
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