New State Library and Archives hosts opening ceremony
April 12, 2021
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Officials attend a ribbon cutting, Monday, April 12, 2021, for the new Tennessee State Library and Archives in Nashville, Tenn.Jonathan Mattise/AP
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee State Library and Archives celebrated the opening of its new 165,000-square-foot building Monday in Nashville, with several Tennessee governors and other top figures in state government on hand for a ribbon cutting.
Among them were former U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, Gov. Bill Lee, former Gov. Bill Haslam, former Gov. Winfield Dunn, Senate Speaker Randy McNally, House Speaker Cameron Sexton, Secretary of State Tre Hargett and State Librarian and Archivist Chuck Sherrill.