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An anvil is blown sky-high during an "anvil shoot" at the museum's July 4 celebration. For 38 years, the museum hosted an event called "Tennessee Fall Homecoming." Considered one of the nation's largest, most authentic music and folk festivals, Homecoming featured dozens of acclaimed musicians performing all-day on four outdoor stages, as well ...
An anvil being fired. Anvil firing (also known as anvil launching or anvil shooting [1]) is the practice of firing an anvil into the air with gunpowder. It is a traditional event held in New Westminster to celebrate Queen Victoria's birthday. [2] In the United Kingdom, the term refers to a method of testing anvils.
Tennessee Fall Homecoming is the popular fall (autumn) festival of the Museum of Appalachia, a four-day event held annually on the second full weekend of October. Homecoming features continuous performances on five different stages of traditional music ranging from gospel to bluegrass for the duration of the event.
John Rice Irwin (December 11, 1930 – January 16, 2022) was an American cultural historian, and founder of the Museum of Appalachia in Norris, Tennessee.. His interest in history began at an early age, and was inspired by his grandparents to start a museum.
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.
Museum of Appalachia President Lindsey Meyer Gallaher, the late founder John Rice Irwin's granddaughter, speaks during a celebration of the life of Alex Haley for the Heroes of Southern Appalachia ...
Frederick S. Holmes was an American safe and vault engineer, [1] and inventor who designed the largest vaults in the world. During his career, Holmes designed over 200 vaults throughout the United States, Canada and Japan from 1895 [2] to 1941.
The Appalachian region, as defined by Congress, includes all of West Virginia and parts of several other states, including Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, eastern Kentucky, Georgia, North and ...