Images

Tennessee Ernie Ford at the WOPI radio station soundboard in Bristol, Tennessee.

General Eisenhower giving orders to the 101st Airborne in England on June 6, 1944, before their jump behind Utah Beach, Normandy.

"Noah's Ark," by Aaron Douglas, 1944. Carl Van Vechten Fine Arts Gallery, Fisk University.

Abby C. Milton, her three children, and eight woman suffrage supporters in Chattanooga. Courtesy of George C. J. Moore.

Portrait of Adelicia Acklen, painted circa 1850 by unknown artist. Photograph by Bob Shatz.

Adelicia Acklen, by John W. Dodge, 1852.

Adolphus Heiman in Mexican War uniform.

Working the fields at Cumberland Homesteads on the Cumberland Plateau in 1937.

A pre-opening show and celebration was held at Berry Field in Nashville on November 1, 1936.

Dominating the interior of Nashville s Parthenon is a statue of Athena, completed by artist Alan LeQuire in 1990.

Former Vice President of the United States Albert Gore, Jr.

Alex Haley.

The fiddle used by the Taylor brothers in the 1886 Tennessee gubernatorial campaign.

Andrew Johnson, portrait by William B. Cooper.

Andrew Johnson s Tailor Shop. Johnson worked as a tailor before making his name in the political world. He hired people to read to him as he worked, and his shop soon became a popular meeting place for local people to visit and debate.

The Andrew Johnson Homestead is part of the National Park Service system and is open daily for tours.

This marker stands over the graves of Andrew and Eliza Johnson.

Ann Phillips Rogers Grundy.

Anne Dallas Dudley during her term as president of the Tennessee Suffrage Association.

Administration building at the Appalachian Exposition.