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2024 Newsletters
- April 2024: update on Sunnyside renovation; Two Rivers Mansion façade restoration and National Register nomination update; new parking at Nashville City Cemetery; feedback request for Civil Rights Movement Documentation Project; Cusic Music Lecture Series continues; tours at Fort Negley; new Metro Archives exhibit; Community Day at Glen Leven Farm; Diane Nash Plaza dedication; Travellers Rest Preservation Celebration; Starry Night at Centennial Art Center
- March 2024: two markers re-installed; Phase III of cemetery survey; community archaeology grant; improvements at Nashville City Cemetery; Cusic Music Lecture Series continues; Archaeology Adventure in Warner Park; new PBS documentary about Tennessee A&I (now TSU) basketball team; Andrew Jackson's 257th birthday
- February 2024: update on Sunnyside renovations and excavation in outbuilding; new MHZC Commissioner; registration information for annual Conference on African American History and Culture (February 9); nominations for Preservation Awards due March 1; Dr. Don Cusic music lecture series continues; grant updates; history programming at NPT; new historical marker-Saint Bernard Academy; spotlight on SNAP mural in Wedgewood-Houston; spotlight on author John Gruesser; Bellevue Harpeth Historic Association hosts historic trades workshop; ways to celebrate Black History Month
- January 2024: update on Sunnyside renovations and dendrochronology information; more information on annual Conference on African American History and Culture (February 9); Dr. Don Cusic music lecture series continues; 16th Annual Middle Tennessee Regional Student Art Exhibition at the Parthenon in Centennial Park; repairs at Nashville City Cemetery; spotlight on GranDale print by Phil Ponder; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day events
2023 Newsletters
- December 2023: annual Conference on African American History and Culture on February 9; congratulations to Commissioner Dr. Marissa Richmond on US Department of Education appointment; re-scheduled Civil Rights Documentation Project public meeting; Dr. Don Cusic music lecture series; HNI's annual Nashville Nine; public meeting about Shelby Commons; spotlight on "Oh Tennessee"
- November 2023: congratulations first graduating class of Citizens Historic Preservation Academy; public meeting for Civil Rights Documentation Project; Bryan Gilley, new City Cemetery site manager; Dr. Don Cusic's music lecture series continues; spotlight on Central State Hospital cemetery; Veterans Day programming
- October 2023: Preservation Awards deadline: March 1; historical marker ceremonies: Hank Snow (October 21) and Washington Junior High School (October 23); Cemetery Survey update; Commissioners' Corner segment--Downtown Presbyterian Church Education Building by Jim Hoobler; weekly lantern tours at Nashville City Cemetery; HNI Nashville Nine deadline: October 15; Dr. Don Cusic music lecture series "Nashville Music History"; new photo exhibit at Nashville Public Library
- September 2023: new Commissioners' Corner segment--Morris Memorial Building by Linda Wynn; Citizen Historic Preservation Academy; Nashville Nine deadline; Perspectives on Preservation: Mayoral Candidates Respond (election September 14); new street signs in Historic Germantown; return of Musicians Corner at Centennial Park; Then and Now lecture series at Nashville Public Library; Wine on the River benefitting The DISTRICT
- August 2023: historical marker updates; Perspectives on Preservation: Mayoral Candidates Respond; Citizen Historic Preservation Academy; Ground Penetrating Radar at Sunnyside and Nashville City Cemetery; Dendrochronology at Sunnyside update; MHC awarded NPS Underrepresented Communities Grant; Upcoming Grant Deadlines; In Memoriam: Freedom Rider Catherine Burks-Brooks
- July 2023: new MHZC staff; archaeology and dendrochronology at Sunnyside; upcoming grant deadlines; Rep. John Lewis Way Annual March and Book Drive; Save the Morris Building Benefit
- June 2023: new MHC staff; MHZC Neighborhood Leadership Award; archaeology update from Dr. Adam Fracchia; cemetery grant update and local cemetery spotlight on Grizzard cemetery; a month of Juneteenth and Pride events
- May 2023: MHC/MHZC appointments; Preservation Awards on May 18; Memorial Day Dash on May 29; Haynes Heights Neighborhood Honored; Nashville Civil Rights Documentation Project update; Cemetery Survey Project update; Nashville Participatory Budget deadline June 1; Asian American and Pacific Islanders Heritage Month activities
- April 2023: Preservation Awards on May 18; Archaeology at Sunnyside in Sevier Park; Memorial Day Dash on May 29; Evening of Elegance fundraiser at Two Rivers Mansion; Garden at Grassmere Historic Farm Wins Award; EXIT/IN listed in the National Register of Historic Places; Metro Nashville 60th Celebration postponed
- March 2023: Farewell to Sean Alexander; Preservation Awards Deadline; Nashville Civil Rights Movement Documentation Project Survey; Nashville Sites LGBTQ Tour Launch; Women's History Month Programs; Call for Tennessee History Day Judges;
- February 2023: 42nd Annual Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture; Preservation Awards; Upcoming Marker Ceremonies; Archaeology at Sunnyside; MHC in the News; Black History Months Programs; Grant Announcements
- January 2023: Conference Registration Now Open; New Staff and Commissioner; Sunnyside Renovations; Buchanan Log House Restoration; Remembering Dr. Bobby Lovett and Pamela Bobo; Happenings at Two Rivers Mansion
2022 Newsletters
- December 2022: Historical Cemeteries Update; Grant Project Updates; Nashville Nine Announced; THC Certificate of Merit Program; 42nd Annual Nashville Conference on African American History & Culture; Historical Marker Updates
- November 2022: New Commissioner; Fort Negley Updates; Davidson County Cemetery Grant; Preservation Awards Nominations Open; Nashville City Cemetery Updates; Shelby Park Naval Armory Call for Support
- October 2022: October Events at City Cemetery; The DISTRICT Progressive Party; Grassmere's Morton Exhibit Receives Top Honors; Belmont Hillsboro Home Tour; Fort Negley Updates and Events
- September 2022: Welcome New Commissioners; Historical Marker Updates; Renovations Underway at Sunnyside and Sevier Park; Developer Uncovers Historic Burials near City Cemetery; Davidson County Cemetery Grant Updates
- August 2022: Historical Marker Updates; Grassmere Morton Family Exhibit; Nashville Sites Updates; This Used to be Nashville Book Signing; Remembering Vernon Winfrey; Grant Announcements; Restoration at Last Chance Liquors
- July 2022: Historical Marker Updates; Second Annual Rep. John Lewis Way March; Historic Cemeteries Grant; Nashville Sites Updates; Happenings at Historic Travellers Rest; New National Theme Study on Labor History
- June 2022: Historical Marker Updates; New Staff Member; Deadline for Historic Tax Abatement Program; Sunnyside Mansion Rehabilitation; Hopewell Missionary Baptist Restoration; Nashville Sites Updates; Remembering Irene Wills; Juneteenth Events
- May 2022: Preservation Awards; Historical Marker Updates; New Historic Tax Abatement Program; Nashville Sites Receives Grant; Boyd House Fundraiser; Bashaw Cemetery Restoration; Memorial Day Dash
- April 2022: Historical Marker Updates; Fort Negley Updates and Events; Happenings at Two Rivers Mansion; Nashville City Cemetery Updates; Historic Preservation for Realtors Course; 22nd Annual Memorial Day Dash
- March 2022: Historical Marker Updates; Fort Negley News and Events; Nashville Sites Updates; Centennial Art Center Celebrates 50th Anniversary and Examines its Role in Civil Rights History; Exit/In Celebrates 50th Anniversary with New Book
- February 2022: 2022 NCAAHC; Historical Marker Updates; Metro Historical Commission Foundation Annual Fundraiser; Second Avenue Recovery; Nashville Sites New Driving Tour; HBCU Historic Preservation Grants
- January 2022: 2022 NCAAHC; Historical Marker Updates; Second Avenue Recovery; Remembering Dr. Joseph Y. Garrison; Happenings at Buchanan Log House; Grant Opportunities; Historic Gower Cemetery Updates
2021 Newsletters
- December 2021: Preservation Awards Call for Nominations; MHC Welcomes New Commissioner; Preservation Funding Opportunities; Second Avenue Recovery Update; Historical Marker Updates; Fort Negley Events; 2022 NCAAHC
- November 2021: Second Avenue Recovery Update; Centennial Park Grant Project Findings; Friends Group Works to Restore Ewing Cemetery; MHCF Fundraiser Rescheduled; Fort Negley and Two Rivers Mansion Updates
- October 2021: Second Avenue Recovery Update; American Baptist College Celebrates 97 Years; Grants Will Fund Black Nashville Civil War Database; New Historical Marker, Exhibit for Berger Building and Federal Courthouse Site
- September 2021: Commissioner Recognitions; Second Avenue Recovery Updates; NPS Grant for Civil Rights Study in Nashville; IMS Grant Opportunities; Council Passes Tax Abatement for Historic Properties
- August 2021: Proposed Tax Abatement for Historic Properties; THC Grant for Countywide Cemetery Preservation Plan; Centennial Park Grant Project Updates; Remembering Mike Slate
- July 2021: MHC/MHZC News; Second Avenue Recovery; Nashville Municipal Auditorium National Register Nomination; Metro Enacts New C&D Reporting Requirements; Historical Marker Updates; Fort Negley Events
- June 2021: Pride Month and Nashville's LGBTQ History; Second Avenue Bombing Recovery; Juneteenth Events; Nashville Sites Updates; Energy Efficiency in Historic Buildings; Union Station Restoration
- May 2021: 45th Annual Preservation Awards; NCAAHC Website Updates; Exit/In Benefit Concert; Statehood Day Celebration; New Morton Family Exhibit at Grassmere Historic Farm
- April 2021: Historical Marker Updates; Interpretive Signage at Two Rivers Mansion; Sunnyside History and Renovations; Proposed State Historic Tax Credit; Assistance Fund for Second Avenue
- March 2021: MHC/MHZC Updates; Preservation Awards 2021; Second Avenue Recovery; Sunnyside Renovations; Nashville Sites; New TSLA Opening; Nashville Historical Newspaper; NCAAHC Video
- February 2021: MHC/MHZC Updates; 40th Annual Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture; Second Avenue Recovery Updates; Nashville Sites Updates; Preservation Awards 2021
- January 2021: 40th Annual Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture; Christmas Day Bombing on 2nd Ave.; New Nashville Sites Fisk/Meharry Tour; Remembering George Cate, Jr. and Kwame Lillard
2020 Newsletters
- December 2020: MHC/MHZC Updates; Nashville Sites Update; HNI's Nashville Nine 2020; Nashville's Black Country Music Association; Nashville Retrospect Goes Digital; NPS Civil Rights Grants; Holidays at Buchanan Log House
- November 2020: New MHC Commissioners; Native American Heritage Month; Nashville Environmental Justice Initiative; Engine Co. 14 Updates; THS Appoints New Executive Director; Historical Marker Updates
- October 2020: Fort Negley Archaeology Update; Federal Reserve Building Addition Approved; Proposed Renamings in Honor of Civil Rights Leaders; New Book Spotlights State Capitol; Nashville Retrospect History Map
- September 2020: Haynes Heights Considers NCZO; Nashville Nine Nominations; NTHP Grants Now Open; Meet the MHC Intern; Virtual Old House Fair; Historical Marker Updates; Archaeology Days at Travellers Rest
- August 2020: MHZC Commissioner Updates; MHC Statement on Forrest Bust; Nashville Sites Update; Hermitage Hotel Designated National Historic Landmark; Nashville's Rural Cemeteries; Buchanan Log House Update
- July 2020: MHC/MHZC Commissioner Updates; Remembering MHC Commissioner "Bellevue" Bob Allen and Dr. Reavis L. Mitchell, Jr.; State Curator and Author Jim Hoobler; Historical Marker Updates
- June 2020: MHC/MHZC Updates; New Nashville Sites Interns; Federal Preservation Grants Announcement; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedication; Updates from Fort Negley and Two Rivers Mansion; Battle of Nashville Trust
- May 2020: MHC/MHZC Updates; What We Do; Virtual Preservation Month; Nashville Sites Offers New Virtual Tour Option; State Historian Appointed to National Committee; (Virtual) Events This Month
- April 2020: Preservation Awards postponed; Historical Markers; Downtown Nashville's Alternative Service Offerings; Nashville History and Historic Places: Quarantine Edition; AASLH Introduces Affinity Community Forum
- March 2020: 45th Annual Preservation Awards; Tennessee's Plan for Historic Preservation 2019-2029; History of Bellevue Christian Church; Women's Suffrage Centennial Events 2020; Nashville History Videos
- February 2020: 39th Annual Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture; 45th Annual Preservation Awards; Jefferson Street Sound Museum; Nashville Black History Tours
- January 2020: Nashville Sites Sponsors; 39th Annual Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture; New National Register Listing; Protecting Nashville's Historic Cemeteries; Upcoming Marker Dedications
2019 Newsletters
- December 2019: East Nashville License Plates; Women's Suffrage Documentary; Jefferson Street Micro Museum; New "Nashville Slave and Free People of Color Database"; New Music Row Signage; Federal Preservation Grants
- November 2019: Nashville Sites Official Launch; Inside Look at Drake Graveyard; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedications; Upcoming Events at Fort Negley; MTSU Student-Led Walking Tours
- October 2019: Historic Preservation 101 for Realtors & Developers; 2019 Living History Tour at City Cemetery; New Bellevue Historical Articles; 23rd Annual Belmont-Hillsboro Home Tour; Spooky Tours at Nashville's Historic Sites
- September 2019: New MHC Commissioners; We Remember Nashville ceremony; Archaeology Day; Aaittafama Archaeological Park; Vanderbilt Call for Proposal; Belmont Mansion fall lecture series; New AASLH Handbook
- August 2019: MHZC Community Meeting; Economic Impact Study Video; TN Historical Commission Grants; 130th Anniversary of 8th Avenue Reservoir and George Reyer Pumping Station; Upcoming Events at Fort Negley
- July 2019: MHC Welcomes New Commissioner Davis Acker; MHZC Community Meetings Regarding Outbuilding Design Guidelines; New MHC Intern Marley Abbott; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedications
- June 2019: Economic Impact Study; Fort Negley recognized as UNESCO Site of Memory; Music Row named to NTHP 11 Most Endangered; Remembering May Dean Eberling; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedications
- May 2019: Preservation Awards; Historical Marker Dedications; Metro Arts Grants; Journey to Jubilee Tour at Belle Meade Plantation; Centennial Park Conservancy Art Show Fundraiser; Nashville 101 Videos
- April 2019: Nashville 101 and 102 Lecture Series; What's Out There Weekend; Grassmere Historic Farm TAM Award; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedications; Stones River Battlefield Acquisition; Events at Fort Negley
- March 2019: Preservation Awards Call for Nominations; Gower Cemetery Restoration Project; Tennessee Historical Commission Preservation Plan Survey; 2019 Old House Fair; Upcoming Historical Marker Dedications
- February 2019: Preservation Awards Call for Nominations; Nashville Conference on African American History and Culture; Nashville 101 Lecture Series; African American History Month Programs and Events; 2019 Old House Fair
- January 2019: Economic Impact Study; Fort Negley Archaeology update; 44th Annual Preservation Awards; 1823 Nashville Toll Bridge Site; Historical Marker Dedications; Conference on African-American History and Culture
2018 Newsletters
- December 2018: New MHC Commissioner; Fort Negley Crowdrise Campaign; Interior Historic Landmark Ordinance; Upcoming Marker Dedications; 2019 African-American History and Culture Conference; Grant Opportunities
- November 2018: NCCA Living History Tour video; Fort Negley Crowdrise campaign; HNI's Nashville Nine; Mr. Temple and the Tigerbelles documentary; Nashville Sites walking tours; Metro Archives Veteran's Day exhibit
- October 2018: Metro Archives NEH grant; Nashville Schools and Desegregation; 19th Annual Living History Tour at Nashville City Cemetery; 39th Annual Oktoberfest; Artober Nashville 2018
- September 2018: Nashville Sites; New Commissioners; Historic Nashville Inc. Nashville Nine nominations; "Voyage of Adventure" NPT documentary; New State Museum; Upcoming Events at Fort Negley
- August 2018: Remembering Dutchman's Curve Train Wreck; Restoration of Stone Gates at Percy Warner Park; Former James Robertson Hotel Rehabilitation; New Tours at Belle Meade Plantation
- July 2018: New MHC Commissioners; MHC Foundation's Back to Cuba Fundraiser; 2018 Memorial Day Dash; Bellevue History Group Launches New Website; 50th Anniversary of J. Percy Priest Dam; Old Hickory Centennial
- June 2018: Preservation Awards Recap; Old Hickory Centennial; Statehood Day; Historic Resources along the Cumberland River; 50th Anniversary of the National Trails Act
- May 2018: Preservation Awards; Two Rivers Archaeology Study; Fort Negley Cultural Landscape Report; State Museum Closing; Collins-Sirls Cemetery Restoration; Preservation Month; Old Hickory Centennial
- April 2018: Preservation Awards; MHC Open House; Fort Negley Update; FY18 Appropriation Bill; Decorative Arts Symposium
- March 2018: New MHC Commissioners; African-American History and Culture Conference; TSU Marker; Resilient Nashville; HNI 50th Anniversary; Preservation Awards
- February 2018: Honoring Nashville's African-American History; African-American History and Culture Conference; MHC Foundation; Historic Nashville Inc. Annual Meeting
- January 2018: African-American History and Culture Conference; Historic Tax Credit update; Fort Negley events; Historical Marker Project; Popular Historic Destinations in Nashville; Grant Opportunities
2017 Newsletters
- December 2017: Historical Marker Project; Nashville City Cemetery book; Grant opportunities; Resilient Nashville
- November 2017: New Commercial Grant Program; Staff Updates; Historic Tax Credits
- October 2017: Staff Updates; Spooky Tours and Fall Events; 2017 Nashville Nine
- September 2017: Staff Updates; Commissioner Changes; New Historic Landmark; September Lecture Series
- August 2017: Staff Updates; Commissioner Changes; Fort Nashborough History Center Opens
- July 2017: THC Certificate of Merit; Lectures and Lunches; Fort Negley Community Day
- June 2017: MHZC Events: Neighborhood Meetings and Charrettes; Juneteenth Events; Tours of Two Rivers Mansion
- May 2017: 2017 Preservation Awards; "Nashville History" Spring Lecture Series Continues; Memorial Day Dash
- April 2017: "Nashville History" Spring Lecture Series; "Witness Walls" Public Dedication of Art
- March 2017: Old House Fair, Call for Nominations: 2017 Preservation Awards; Spring Lectures
- February 2017: Meet Our New Commissioner; Conference on African-American History and Culture; Old House Fair; Call for Nominations
- January 2017: New Historic Landmarks; Conference on African-American History and Culture; Nashville Predators to host Music Row Preservation Night
2016 Newsletters
- December 2016: National Register Update; Nashville Conference on African-American History and Culture
- November 2016: Historic Preservation 101; Nashville Nine Announced; Lectures and Anniversary Events
- October 2016: Living History at the Nashville City Cemetery; Nashville Nine; Preservation Easement Workshop
- September 2016: National Register Update; New Historic Landmarks on the Way; Taste of Wedgewood-Houston
- August 2016: Meet the Interns and New Commissioners; Endangered Sites Lists; Plan to Play
- July 2016: National Register News; Meet the Interns; Many Master Plans; Endangered Sites Lists
- June 2016: National Register News; Buchanan's Station; A New Vision for Music Row
- May 2016: Preservation Awards; Memorial Day Dash
- April 2016: Preservation Awards; A History of Music Row; National Register News
- March 2016: Old House Fair; Preservation Awards; Lunch and Learn
- February 2016: Mayor Barry Visits Sunnyside; African-American History and Culture Conference; Old House Fair
- January 2016: African-American History and Culture Conference; Old House Fair
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