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  1. An original William Stafford poem found hidden in @austinpeay library #archives businessclarksville.com/2012/05/28/wil…
  2. @rlayel "Efforts to count the dead began as soon as the #CivilWar ended, but a precise count proved impossible." opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/20/rec…
  3. Two examples of retro marketing I've encountered recently: retrosnotruck.com | trimclassicbarber.com #History sells: posterityproject.blogspot.com/2011/06/histor…
  4. #History Professor says #CivilWar Death Toll May Be Really Off: npr.org/2012/05/29/153…
  5. Franklin’s Charge meets deadline to secure matching $500K grant from @civilwartrust: battleoffranklin.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/bat… h/t @BattleFranklin #CivilWar
  6. @griffey Amazing progress on that new #library! Makes me very proud to be a @chattanoogaalum.
  7. Earliest residents of Oak Ridge (TN) star in oral #history project: knoxnews.com/news/2012/may/… h/t @knoxnews
  8. @kenneth_owen I thought it was very well done: posterityproject.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-rev… I'm glad that this film is getting a national audience.
  9. Via @SmithsonianMag: The 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the #Warof1812 smithsonianmag.com/history-archae…
  10. "THE MYSTERIOUS LOST STATE OF FRANKLIN" Debuts on PBS July 1st. I'm quoted on page 7: tn.gov/environment/hi… Review: posterityproject.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-rev…
  11. @JLowe615 explores Kentucky court documents to understand the real "Hatfields & McCoys" kytnstories.blogspot.com/2012/05/attent…
  12. @rlayel Yes, indeed. Here's a brief history of Bean Station: beanstationtn.com/pages/history.… And TSLA sources on Grainger County: tn.gov/tsla/history/c…
  13. Blount County man compiles #history of Tennessee tragedies, first compilation of historical disasters in any state: thedailytimes.com/Local_News/sto…
  14. Tennessee State Archivists to Visit Grainger County in Search of #CivilWar Memorabilia tnsos.org/Press/story.ph… h/t @SecTreHargett #archives
  15. Great piece in WSJ today: @cjfarley interviews historian Altina Waller: How Realistic is 'Hatfields and McCoys'? blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012…
  16. @PresNation Love this: Bristol, Virginia/Tennesse among Historic Main Street Communities on Mumford & Sons Summer Tour: blog.preservationnation.org/2012/05/29/mum…
  17. @WebArchivist Now I can't get "The Jeffersons" theme song out of my head. ncarchives.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/mov… Thanks @NCArchives
  18. @NixoNARA Thanks, Maarja. It was a fascinating story, even without the personal connection. Actually knowing these people made it more real.