2017 Volunteer of the Year Banquet
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We had another successful Volunteer of the Year banquet as the Friends of the Stones River National Battlefield honored several outstanding Battlefield volunteers. The volunteers of the Stones River National Battlefield display dedication and heart of service each day by performing task that otherwise would require more Battlefield personal thus…
Auto parts distribution or historic preservation?
Sam Stockard, The Murfreesboro Post, October 17, 2017 More than 150 years after Union and Confederate troops shed blood here, Friends of Stones River National Battlefield is waging its own fight: an effort to forge a partnership with Murfreesboro for the purchase of a proposed O’Reilly Auto Parts distribution site.…
Mormons join forces with Methodists to improve Stones River National Battlefield
Nancy De Gennaro, The Daily News Journal, October 8, 2017 Members of the local Mormon congregations gathered recently with St. Mark’s United Methodist Church parishioners for a labor-intensive project at the Stones River National Battlefield location off Northwest Broad Street. Battlefield staff members struggle to keep the national park as natural…
Murfreesboro residents participate in Public Lands Day at Stones River National Battlefield
Ethan Clark, The Murfreesboro Post, October, 1, 2017 Photo and story by Ethan Clark / Contributing Writer Scores of Murfreesboro residents gathered at the Stones River National Battlefield Saturday to participate in the nationwide Public Lands Day. Public Lands Day, which was founded more than twenty years ago, encourages members…
Hallowed Grounds Lantern Tour
Stones River National Cemetery, September 23, 2017 Ranger Jim Lewis led the hour-long walk by lantern light through Stones River National Cemetery. Living history enthusiasts portrayed soldiers and the families of soldiers involved at the second Battle of Murfreesboro, also known as the Battle of Stones River.