As winter storms continued to fill Nashville's streets with snow and ice and bring the city to a halt, community workers went the extra mile t…
For the second year in a row, the accomplishments of country music icons will be recognized by their peers in the genre's hometown.
Barbara Jacobs Bogan recently resurrected old photos of snowy times in Donelson from the late 1950s or early 1960s. She said they all remember…
A rendering by local artist Phil Claiborne shows the Disspayne’s Service Center in the early-1950s. It was at the present Thornton’s site in D…
President Lyndon B. Johnson (center) greets Burton School second grader Dana Riegle after she gave Lady Bird Johnson a bouquet of blossoms she…
Elm Hill Meats president Robert Baltz cooks a batch of the firm’s new nitrite-free bacon during a demonstration at its plant Dec. 6, 1977. Bal…
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Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage will play host to its annual Battle of New Orleans commemoration Jan. 8 from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.
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Main Street Nashville East writer Laurie Everett rummaged in her attic looking for lost Christmas ornaments and ran across a box.
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The Church of the Holy Rosary is pictured circa 1968 in Donelson. The new church at the time is pictured on the left, and the former church is…
Benson’s Foodland Market was at the corner of Central Pike and Dobson Chapel. It closed in 2015 after 65 years and was one of Nashville’s olde…
A two-day chance to jumpstart the Christmas holiday shopping is on tap Nov. 6-7 at the grounds of the historic Two Rivers Mansion on McGavock …
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Anyone who has ever wondered whether Two Rivers Mansion in Donelson is haunted could get their answer at an upcoming event.
An image from the 1960s shows the winding stairway at Clover Bottom Mansion in Donelson. Claude A. Wilson, principal of the Tennessee for the …
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Built in 1832, the Belair Mansion is currently a historic inn in Donelson. The mansion was a home to many prominent Nashville residents. The p…
Kempton of Hermitage had a Labor Day parade for the residents’ families and loved ones. PHOTOS COURTESY OF RACHEL THOMAS