Memorial Day origins stretch back over 100 years

The Davidson County Sheep Fund Register, 1919-1921 provides interesting insights into Nashville life that is long past.

Colonel George H. Morgan received the nation's highest military honor and went on to teach at Hume-Fogg High School in 1924-1925.

The attack on Pearl Harbor featuring the actions of the USS Tennessee

Something about old Bibles has always intrigued me. The "family pages" carefully chronicle the story of those who create the records the Archives carefully protects. Stories of beginnings, births, baptisms, and deaths comprising the framework of lives well lived.

On March 22, 1916, a fire raged through East Nashville. By the end of day, more than 600 homes and businesses were destroyed by fire over 35 city blocks.