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I found this cool, old sign in Murfreesboro, TN while visiting a couple of weeks ago with the family during Spring Break. It is for GE Major Appliances and has a third section that was probably for the name if the local business. But...the coolest part is the big arrow with all the light bulbs! I bet it was great looking back in the day...
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5000 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
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Smyrna, Tennessee has recently made it onto the 'mural scene' with this "greeting card" addressed to Mom and Dad from the Depot District. It is painted on the side of one of the businesses diagonally through the roundabout from the depot itself. Check out this great mural the next time you are in the Smyrna area by suzanne.lebeau22@gmail.com
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Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The Ford Thunderbird was an automobile that was manufactured by Ford in the United States over eleven model generations from 1955 through 2005. The Thunderbird created a market niche that eventually became known as the personal luxury car. [Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Thunderbird]
The Grocery store in Versailles now operates as the Fried Tater Cafe. Check the link in the comments for more info on the store.
"I sought for the greatness and genius of America in her commodious harbors and her ample rivers—and it was not there. . . . in her fertile fields and bound less forests—and it was not there. . . . in her rich mines and her vast world commerce—and it was not there. . . . in her democratic Congress and her matchless Constitution—and it was not there. Not until I went into the churches of America and heard her pulpits flame with righteousness did I understand the secret of her genius and power. America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great."
~Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian (1805-1859)
"For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another."
~Galatians 5:13
Freedom is defined by God, not by what or how we as individuals want freedom to be for each of us.
Happy Birthday America...may we all remember the responsibility our freedom brings!
After I finished my trek to photograph every courthouse in the state of Tennessee a couple of years ago, I went back through them all and found a few that I wanted to retake (possibly at different times of the year)...Rutherford County is one of them. The original photo of this courthouse was during the summer and all the trees are fully greened out with very little of the actual building visible. This one affords a much better view of the building...and the following text is the same as the original post! Enjoy the history...
The Rutherford County Courthouse located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, is a 'Classical Revival' building from 1859. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. It is one of six remaining Tennessee courthouses dating to before the Civil War.
In 1813 a courthouse, jail and other buildings were built on the site occupied by the current building. The courthouse served as the seat of the state legislature until 1822 when the structure burned down.
A new, larger, courthouse was built in 1859 at a cost of $50,000. The original cupola was designed to reflect the Tennessee State Capitol building in Nashville. In 1860 a new bell and clock tower was constructed. During the Civil War the Courthouse was occupied by both Confederate and Union troops. Confederate troops, under the command of Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, occupied the area from July 1862 until the end of the Battle of Stones River in early 1863. The Courthouse then served as a headquarters for the Union army until the end of the war.
The Courthouse narrowly escaped destruction when a tornado hit Murfreesboro in 1913 which caused minor damage to the clock tower.
In the spring of 1923, a man known as the "Human Fly" announced that he would climb to the top of the Courthouse for a small fee. His ascent was successful but as he began to climb down he lost his footing and fell to his death. During WWII, to announce the first statewide blackout the Courthouse bell was rung at 9:00 PM on June 9, 1942 and the Courthouse became the site of an air raid alarm. The square surrounding the Courthouse was used for military training exercises.
During the early 1960s wings were added on either side of the original 1859 building to accommodate the need for additional space. Although, there have been no major constructions on the site since then the interior was renovated in 1998 to its original 19th century appearance.
There is a popular local legend which states there are a series of tunnels, possibly for escape or transferring funds to nearby banks, running from the Courthouse to various locations. No such tunnels have been discovered, although small (and limited) subterranean structures do exist such as drainage pipes.
The historic courthouse no longer hosts the county's various courts, which are now located in the Rutherford County Judicial Building on the courthouse square.
Another great pictorial history of the courthouse can be found on the Rutherford County Tennessee website:
www.rutherfordcountytn.gov/courthouse/history.html
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D5200 and combined with Photomatix to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
Stones River National Battlefield, a 570-acre park along the Stones River in Rutherford County, Tennessee, three miles northwest of Murfreesboro and twenty-eight miles southeast of Nashville, memorializes the Battle of Stones River. This key battle of the American Civil War occurred on December 31, 1862 and January 2, 1863, and resulted in a strategic Union victory.
The Stones River Battlefield and Park Association was chartered on April 28, 1896, after the establishment of Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park increased interest in preserving significant Civil War battlefields. Land acquisition began in 1928 and was completed in 1934. In 1992, the park accepted a donation from the City of Murfreesboro of an intact segment of Fortress Rosecrans, the largest enclosed earthwork built during the Civil War. The park preserves less than a fifth of the more than 3,000 acres over which the battle was fought. On March 3, 1927, the site was established as Stones River National Military Park. It was transferred from the War Department to the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service on August 10, 1933, and redesignated as a national battlefield on April 22, 1960. As with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (October 15, 1966). Since 1997 the Civil War Trust (a division of the American Battlefield Trust) and its partners have acquired and preserved 26 acres of the battlefield in four acquisitions. This land was sold to the National Park Service and incorporated into the national battlefield.
Three bracketed photos were taken with a handheld Nikon D7200 and combined with Photomatix Pro to create this HDR image. Additional adjustments were made in Photoshop CS6.
"For I know the plans I have for you", declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11
The Pontiac Chieftain is an automobile which was produced by Pontiac from 1949 to 1958. The 1949 Chieftain and Streamliner models were the first all new car designs to come from Pontiac in the post World War II years. Previous cars had been 1942 models with minor revisions. [Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Chieftain]
This wonderful display was in a shop window on the Public Square in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. History is indeed all around us. I tip my hat to the folks who not only saved these fine bits of history, but shared them in such a fantastic arrangement. Is it terribly ironic that I took the picture with an iPhone? Thanks!
The Gordon School House is a recreation of a circa 1840 One-Room School House in Cannonsburgh, a historic bit of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. According to the marker, communities would build the School, then raise the money by subscription to hire a teacher. Students were grouped by age, with boys on one side and girls on the other. All grades studied spelling and the three R’s. Classes only lasted about 15 minutes each with several recesses per day.
Cannonsburgh is a great bit of history in the Heart of Murfeesboro. It is even home to the World’s largest cedar bucket (again).
Old farm house located on Pea Ridge Road in Rutherford County NC. I have often driven by the house in my travels and I didn't notice its beauty until the day it got my attention and I photographed it.
One of the photo taken for submission for the North Carolina Governor's Highway Safety Program yearly calendar. This photo was not one of the photos chosen to be submitted for consideration.