June 2024
Knoxville History Project Annual Luncheon
The Knoxville History Project (KHP) will hold its annual luncheon and fundraiser. The luncheon is KHP's annual "Ask Event" in celebration of Knoxville history and honors a local historian who has made significant contributions to the knowledge of the city's history. The 2024 honoree will be W.R. “Sandy” McNabb, who as a preservationist in the mid-1970s co-founded Knox Heritage to save the Bijou Theatre. His large-form hardback Tradition, Innovation & Romantic Images: Architecture of Historic Knoxville (UT, 1991) remains the…
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Knoxville History Project: Birth of a National Park Symposium
The Knoxville History Project's Birth of a National Park Symposium will be a two-day event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of when Knoxville leaders took an idea and created a lasting movement that established Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Some events will be free; others may be ticketed.
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