‘From Wytheville to the White House’
By Fred Sauceman | This is the second of a four-part series of stories to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America as well as the story of the nation's journey since. Two million people lined up along the parade route across Paris, France, on Saturday, Dec. 14, 1918. French President Raymond Poincaré said the reception “stood alone among the welcome given any previous visitor to Paris.”
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Mobile Hospitals in Appalachia During the Civil War
By Phillip J. Obermiller and Thomas E. Wagner | The Civil War lasted longer and produced more disabled soldiers than Union or Confederacy officials anticipated. In addition to the thousands wounded in battle, camp diseases such as smallpox, pneumonia, cholera, typhoid, and dysentery put many combatants in need of medical care.
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ETSU, Consulate General of Ireland celebrate Irish role in the founding of America, culture of Appalachia
In celebration of the anniversary of the nation’s founding, Irish and old-time musicians joined scholars from East Tennessee State University and Ireland on May 15 and 16 to discuss and celebrate America’s Irish Influences. The two-day event, “America 250: Celebrating The Role of the Irish,” was held on the ETSU campus on Friday, and at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton on Saturday.
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‘Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine’ now available online
For the first time, all 32 years of Now & Then: The Appalachian Magazine are available online through East Tennessee State University’s Digital Archives, giving readers unprecedented access to one of the region’s most significant literary and cultural publications. The milestone comes as Appalachian Places: Stories From The Highlands celebrates its fifth anniversary, continuing a 37-year legacy of Appalachian storytelling that began with Now & Then in 1984.
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From the Vault: ‘Now & Then’ – ‘I Never Did Change Things Here’
By Jane Woodside | Ivan White believes in work—hard, physical labor, day in and day out. What the Tennessee farmer does not believe in is change. On a fine early spring day, a visitor is likely to find 77-year-old White, having easily climbed the steep slope of the 2,000-foot mountain behind his home, readying horse and plow for planting one of his hayfields. White lives much the same self-reliant life as his ancestors did, farming 80 mountainous acres without the aid of any
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