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[4] Construction began on the museum center on May 28, 1998, and the museum opened to the public on September 11, 1999. [3] The museum center was chosen as the 2011 recipient of the MainStreet Cleveland award. [5] The new mission statement of "telling the story of the Ocoee Region" was adopted on June 18, 2013. [6]
On February 13, 1911, the City of Cleveland conveyed the land for the monument to the UDC. [2] An existing monument, erected in 1890 in memory of three local citizens who died in a train wreck, was removed to make way for the monument, but re-erected next to the Confederate monument after a court case. [ 1 ]
This list of museums in Tennessee encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Additionally, more than 44,000 USO volunteers provide an estimated 371,417 hours of service annually. As reported by the USO, the unpaid volunteer to paid employee ratio overseas is 20 to 1. Within the United States, the number is "significantly higher." The Charity Navigator gave the United Service Organizations the following ratings for 2024 ...
American Association for State and Local History (2002), Directory of historical organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.), Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, ISBN 9780759100022 – via archive.org; 2022 National Census of History Organizations, American Association for State and Local History
Craigmiles Hall is a historic building in Cleveland, Tennessee, U.S..It was built as an opera house in 1877–1878. [2] Its construction was commissioned by Walter Craigmiles, [2] who grew up in the P.M. Craigmiles House.
In September 1901, 36 years after the conclusion of the Civil War, Cleveland hosted the 35th National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. This was the second time Cleveland hosted the National Encampment, the first being the 6th National Encampment which occurred between May 8 and 9, 1872.
The academy was founded in 1902 as Castle Heights School outside of Lebanon, Tennessee. [1] [2] [3] Its founders were David Mitchell, president of Cumberland University; Isaac W. P. Buchanan, a mathematics teacher at the recently defunct Cumberland Preparatory School; Amzi W. Hooker, a resident of Lebanon; and Laban Lacy Rice, a former English instructor at the Cumberland Preparatory School.