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An original William Stafford poem found hidden in @austinpeay library #archives businessclarksville.com/2012/05/28/wil… about 5 hours ago via web
@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… about 5 hours ago via web in reply to rlayel
Two examples of retro marketing I've encountered recently: retrosnotruck.com | trimclassicbarber.com #History sells: posterityproject.blogspot.com/2011/06/histor… about 5 hours ago via web
10ecn News from @AP: Tennessee state parks get new microsite. apne.ws/KcRVDc%0A about 7 hours ago via AP Mobile on iOS Retweeted by gordonbelt and 1 other
#History Professor says #CivilWar Death Toll May Be Really Off: npr.org/2012/05/29/153… about 6 hours ago via web
Franklin’s Charge meets deadline to secure matching $500K grant from @civilwartrust: battleoffranklin.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/bat… h/t @BattleFranklin #CivilWar about 6 hours ago via web
@griffey Amazing progress on that new #library! Makes me very proud to be a @chattanoogaalum. about 7 hours ago via web in reply to griffey
VisitMtVernon What did they find when they excavated the new library site? Find out with MV's director of archaeology, Esther White: bit.ly/LGf2AZ about 7 hours ago via TweetDeck Retweeted by gordonbelt and 6 others
Earliest residents of Oak Ridge (TN) star in oral #history project: knoxnews.com/news/2012/may/… h/t @knoxnews about 10 hours ago via web
@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. about 12 hours ago via web in reply to kenneth_owen
Via @SmithsonianMag: The 10 Things You Didn’t Know About the #Warof1812 smithsonianmag.com/history-archae… about 12 hours ago via web
"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… about 22 hours ago via web
@JLowe615 explores Kentucky court documents to understand the real "Hatfields & McCoys" kytnstories.blogspot.com/2012/05/attent… about 22 hours ago via web
@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… about 23 hours ago via web in reply to rlayel
Blount County man compiles #history of Tennessee tragedies, first compilation of historical disasters in any state: thedailytimes.com/Local_News/sto… about 23 hours ago via web
Tennessee State Archivists to Visit Grainger County in Search of #CivilWar Memorabilia tnsos.org/Press/story.ph… h/t @SecTreHargett #archives 10:47 AM May 29th via web
Great piece in WSJ today: @cjfarley interviews historian Altina Waller: How Realistic is 'Hatfields and McCoys'? blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012… 10:41 AM May 29th via web
@PresNation Love this: Bristol, Virginia/Tennesse among Historic Main Street Communities on Mumford & Sons Summer Tour: blog.preservationnation.org/2012/05/29/mum… 10:17 AM May 29th via web in reply to PresNation
@WebArchivist Now I can't get "The Jeffersons" theme song out of my head. ncarchives.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/mov… Thanks @NCArchives 10:09 AM May 29th via web in reply to WebArchivist
@NixoNARA Thanks, Maarja. It was a fascinating story, even without the personal connection. Actually knowing these people made it more real. 9:18 AM May 29th via web in reply to NixoNARA

Name Gordon Belt
Location Nashville, Tennessee
Web http://www.poster...
Bio Information professional. Archives advocate. Public historian. Tennessean. Self-appointed ''History Buff Ombudsman.'' Founding editor of The Posterity Project.