Hallowed Grounds: Touring the Cemetery Community
Following the Civil War, a Freedmen’s community known as Cemetery emerged on the landscape where the Battle of Stones River had raged. Park rangers along with representatives of the African American Heritage Society of Rutherford County, the Friends of Stones River National Battlefield and Middle Tennessee State University will take…
Christmas Day, 2016
Our beloved southland – more accurately middle Tennessee has the most beautiful weather on Christmas day.
Wreaths Across America Honors America’s Fallen Soldiers
WGNS Radio, Murfreesboro, TN Since 1992 Wreaths Across America has honored the sacrifice of our Military Veterans at National Cemeteries across the United States by laying a memorial wreath on the graves of veterans. When a single Wreath is laid on the grave of a veteran, volunteers are asked to…
Wreaths Across America, Stones River National Cemetery, December 17, 2016
On Saturday December 17, 2016, members of the Rutherford County community will gather at Stones River National Cemetery to honor veterans during the Christmas season as part of Wreaths Across America Day. Local squadrons of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) are gathering wreath donations and will conduct the Wreaths Across…
