Archive for year: 2015

The Historic Downtown Walking Tours are now back on their summer hours.  Tours are held every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday at 1:00 pm in downtown Jonesborough.  Tickets are $5.00 per person and are available for purchase at the International Storytelling Center.  Tours last about online casino an hour.  Join us and learn about the people who built Jonesborough and called it home.  Tours can be altered to fit specific topics and interests.   (Photos courtesy of Tom Pardue)

The Heritage Alliance is in need of volunteers to help out at the Chester Inn Museum this coming summer. We’ve added a new day to the 2015 season, and the museum is now open on Mondays. We’re looking for volunteers to help out with two-three hour shifts on Sundays and/or Mondays starting in May.   Volunteers would serve as docents and would help welcome guests, work at the front desk, answer questions, online casino and lead visitors upstairs on tours of the Inn’s original parlor and dining room. Anyone interested in volunteering will take part in a docent training session at the museum. If you’d like to be a part of local history in Jonesborough’s oldest commercial building, please contact the Heritage Alliance at 423.753.9580, or email us at info@heritageall.org.

The Chester Inn Museum is a State Owned Historic Site Operated by the Heritage Alliance of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. The operation of the Chester Inn is partially funded under an agreement with the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation – Tennessee Historical Commission. For more information on the Heritage Alliance and the Chester Inn Museum, please visit our website at www.heritageall.org.

The latest edition of “A Military Life”, a rotating exhibit honoring Washington County Veterans, is now on display in the Jonesborough/Washington County History Museum. The newest installment features radio equipment used by First Sergeant (Retired) Douglas Bonnot during his time with the 265^th Radio Research Company (RRC) in Vietnam. Mr. Bonnot will be demonstrating the equipment and talking about the history and role of the 265^th RRC on Sunday, March 1 from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. in the Jonesborough/Washington County History Museum located inside the Jonesborough Visitor’s Center.

The 265^th RRC was stationed in Vietnam from 1967-1972, but very few people know they best online casino even existed. Their wartime designation, meant to keep their mission disguised, lasted long after the Vietnam War was over and kept most information about them out of the history books. Over the past decade, Mr. Bonnot has worked to correct this, gathering the stories and memories of his fellow soldiers and publishing them in a book, The Sentinel and the Shooter. Learn more about the 265^th RRC and their role in Vietnam during Mr. Bonnot’s presentation. The program is free of charge and suitable for a wide range of ages.