TCWNHA Newsletter

Spring 2008 Newsletter
The new Civil War Trails program is the main feature of our Spring 2008 newsletter.  The Tennessee Department of Tourist Development and the Tennessee Department of Transportation have partnered to bring this exciting heritage tourism tool to the state.  We highlight the benefits of the program and describe how communities can participate.  The newsletter also features our quarterly round-up of projects, programs, and upcoming events.

Winter 2008 Newsletter
This quarter’s newsletter focuses on sustainable tourism in anticipation of the Great Smoky Mountains Sustainable Tourism Summit in Knoxville, April 28-29, 2008.  We look at how Tennessee can use its heritage assets for economic opportunities while also preserving those resources for the future.

Fall 2007 Newsletter
This quarter we present our Annual Report for 2006-2007.  Please read about all of the exciting partnership projects we have conducted across the state over the past year.  We also provide a preview of the projects we are working on for fiscal year 2008.

Summer 2007 Newsletter
This quarter we focus on the benefits of battlefield preservation for communities across Tennessee.  We discuss the efforts of the Heritage Area and other organizations to document, save, and interpret the state’s historic battlefields.  The newsletter also contains our quarterly roundup of partnership projects and programs.

Spring 2007 Newsletter
This quarter we focus on Tennessee's historic school buildings and efforts to save them across the state.  Readers will discover examples of successful adaptive reuse and will learn how the Heritage Area can help with rehabilitation through National Register nominations and feasibility studies of Civil War-era schools.  The newsletter also contains our quarterly roundup of partnership projects and programs. 

Winter 2007 Newsletter
Our expanded newsletter focuses on pertinent heritage issues while continuing to highlight our many projects across the state.  We welcome you to read our discussion of how historic preservation and development can coexist in our rapidly growing state.  We look at some of the challenges faced by preservationists and at some of the successes that have resulted from public-private partnerships.

Fall 2006 Newsletter
Please read about the new Heritage Center of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County, a joint project of the Heritage Area and Main Street Murfreesboro/Rutherford County, Inc. Our latest issue also features the exciting new publication, Tennessee Iron Furnace Trail:  A Guide to Resources on the Western Highland Rim.  As always, we highlight as well our many partnerships across the state.

Summer 2006 Newsletter
This quarter, we highlight the dedication of the Parker's Crossroads Battlefield in Henderson County, as well as a new Civil War exhibition at the Granville Museum in Jackson County.  We also feature our partnership with the Mississippi River Natural and Recreational Corridor, an exciting heritage development project in West Tennessee.  In addition, our newsletter provides information about publications, exhibitions, and community events across the state.

Spring 2006 Newsletter
Read our newsletter for details about the Heritage Area's many projects and programs across Tennessee.  This quarter, we feature initiatives in East Tennessee and partnerships in Williamson County.  We also highlight recent publications, exhibitions, and community events.  In addition, our current issue provides information about upcoming living history programs at Shiloh National Military Park, Parker's Crossroads, and Granville.  We are always looking for new partners, so contact us with your ideas.

Winter 2006 Newsletter
Our Winter newsletter serves as our annual report for 2004-2005.  We welcome you to read about the many partnerships we formed and projects we completed.  Features include our outreach to teachers and students across the state, our national leadership in heritage development, and our latest regional partnerships.  We are always looking for new partners, so contact us with your ideas.

Fall 2005 Newsletter
Our latest newsletter invites you, our readers, to a series of mobile workshops to help us develop a driving tour of the Iron Furnace Trail, which will tell the fascinating story of Tennessee's antebellum iron industry and its destruction during the Civil War.  In the newsletter, we also highlight First Lady Laura Bush’s visit to Nashville for the Preserve America program, a visit that grew out of the International Heritage Development Conference hosted by the Heritage Area.  We've also included a feature on our new staff and students, as well as updates on our many partnerships across the state.

Summer 2005 Newsletter
You can read more about the great success of the International Heritage Development Conference in our latest newsletter.  We've included a list of all of our wonderful statewide partners who helped to make the IHDC so successful.  We also highlight the June dedication of the Tennessee monument at Shiloh National Military Park. Plus there is our quarterly feature on our many partnerships across the state.

Spring 2005 Newsletter
Excitement is building for June’s International Heritage Development Conference (IHDC) in Nashville!  Read more about it—and learn how you can still register--in the Spring 2005 issue.  This quarter we feature Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen and Civil Rights Activist Diane Nash, who will speak at the IHDC in Nashville; the IHDC’s diverse lineup of conference sessions, as well as a link to online registration; our 12 new Collaborative Partnership projects; and heritage projects and programs across the state.

Winter 2005 Newsletter
Please read our 2003-2004 annual report! It contains articles on plans for the upcoming International Heritage Development Conference in Nashville, with links to online registration; heritage projects and programs across the state; completion of the Draft Management Plan and Environmental Assessment; and our past achievements and future challenges.

Fall 2004 Newsletter
The fall issue introduces one of the most innovative features of the 2005 International Heritage Development Conference, "Workshop Tuesday."  These workshops will provide community forums for emphasizing how heritage development approaches help stimulate economic benefits, provide community stability, and promote a sense of identity.  Also included in the newsletter are reports on Heritage Area partnerships with the Chattanooga African-American Museum, Old Gray Cemetery in Knoxville, the Sam Davis Home in Smyrna, the Town of Collierville, the Cumberland Valley Civil War Heritage Association, the Tennessee State Museum, Rippavilla Plantation and Greenwood Cemetery in Maury County, and The Pillars in Bolivar.

Summer 2004 Newsletter
The summer issue introduces award-winning author and environmentalist Janisse Ray, scheduled to speak at the International Heritage Development Conference in June 2005 in Nashville.  Also included are reports on the South Carolina and Reston, VA, Heritage Development Institute and the upcoming HDI in Louisville, KY.  In "Tennessee's Heritage Area Partnerships" learn about CHP staff and students working with groups across the state to tell the whole story of Civil War and Reconstruction.

Spring 2004 Newsletter
Included in this issue is coverage of the 2004 Stones River Symposium "Slavery and the Civil War in Tennessee" held in Murfreesboro and information on tours and sessions being planned for the 2005 International Heritage Development Conference in Nashville, "Creating Economic Futures: One Story at a Time."  In "Heritage Happenings" learn about important meetings and conferences and in "2004 Partnership Projects and Programs"  review some of the many ways the Heritage Area is assisting communities in telling the WHOLE story of Civil War and Reconstruction in Tennessee.

Winter 2004 Newsletter
Our winter issue contains our Annual Report for 2002-2003.  "Forging Ahead on New Foundations" describes how the Heritage Area both expanded its national presence and increased its local assistance to Tennessee communities.  Read about the exciting partnership projects we completed to tell the whole story of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Tennessee.  You’ll also learn about our progress on future planning, the Heritage Area's new national networks, and our efforts to increase cultural tourism.  A review of the Heritage Area's achievements and challenges concludes the issue.

Fall 2003 Newsletter
Read here about the exciting partnerships we've formed to tell the whole story of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Tennessee.  Upcoming events include the March 2004 symposium, “The Legacy of Stones River:  Slavery and the Civil War in Tennessee.”  You’ll also find the latest information on plans for the next International Heritage Development Conference, to be held in Nashville in June 2005.  News about new grants, a visit from the General Accounting Office, and progress on our Management Plan, along with a feature on our hard-working graduate students, round out the issue.

Summer 2003 Newsletter
We kick off our inaugural issue by featuring our newly formed Citizens Advisory Group, which consists of heritage activists from across Tennessee who are lending their expertise to the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area.  We also highlight the Heritage Area’s involvement with the Alliance of National Heritage Areas.  The Alliance is an advocacy group that held its spring meeting in Nashville and has asked us to host the International Heritage Development Conference in Nashville in 2005.  Look here too for updates on some of the Heritage Area’s latest projects and programs.

The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area
Center for Historic Preservation
Middle Tennessee State University
P.O. Box 80
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Phone: (615) 898-2947
Fax: (615) 898-5614
E-mail: civilwar@mtsu.edu