If you've ever wanted to learn more about your family tree, there is a free opportunity this weekend to comb through state archives with the help of experts.
Tennessee Library and Archives to display constitutions
May 21, 2021
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The Tennessee State Library and Archives is holding a one-day public display of the state’s three original constitutions to celebrate 225 years of statehood.
On June 1, the constitutions that were written in 1796 and revised in 1834 and 1870 will be shown in the lobby of the new building in Nashville.
The Tennessee Highway Patrol Honor Guard will safeguard the documents.
Library and Archives staff will also be giving tours of the facility.
The Department of State says the constitutions are the highest valued and most historically significant items in the Library and Archives collection.
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.