East Tennessee Historical Society: Ninth Annual History Fair
The 2018 East Tennessee History Fair will celebrate the region’s history with reenactments, activities, and tours. Presented by the East Tennessee Historical Society, along with dozens of businesses, historical organizations, museums, musicians, and individuals from across the region, the East Tennessee History Fair features fun and educational activities highlighting the people, places, stories, and events that comprise the shared history of our 35-county region. The event is free and open to the public. Special highlights include:
- Free admission to the Museum of East Tennessee History including Voices of the Land: The People of East Tennessee and In the Footsteps of Sergeant York exhibitions. Artifact donors, living historians, and collections experts will offer special tours and discussions throughout the museum.
- Antiques Fair – downtown Knoxville’s only antiques fair with vendors offering a wide variety of primitives, antiques, and tabletop items.
- WDVX Music Stage featuring Jimbo Whaley and Greenbrier, Russ and Becky Jeffers, The Travelin’ Caudells, David West and the Cider Mountain Boys, the Andersons and more!
- Living History Timeline – spanning the region’s history from the Cherokee to Vietnam War
- Abraham Lincoln and wife Mary Todd and other historical characters will roam the crowd
- “History Hound” Dog Costume Contest
- Tours of Old Knoxville High
- Army vs. Navy WWI baseball game at the old Bill Myers Stadium field
- “Old Fashioned Tennessee Checkers Skirmish”
- Book sales by Friends of the Knox County Library
- An enlarged children’s activity area in the Regions Bank parking lot with special crafts, games, and storytelling by the “King of The Wild Frontier,” Davy Crockett, along with a birthday party with cake for Davy’s 232nd birthday
- WDVX’s “Kidstuff” music show with Sean McCullough
- Craft demonstrations–spinning, quilting, tinsmithing, raku pottery, woodworking, chair caning, basket making, natural fibers, clay work, lye soap making, primitive handmade items, and more
- Jump on the Historic Homes Bus for tours of downtown’s historic homes and museums, including free admission at Blount Mansion, James White’s Fort, Mabry Hazen House, Bethel Cemetery, Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame, Old Knoxville High, and the WWI baseball game at the old Bill Myers Stadium field
- Open House with free tours of the Tennessee Theatre and vintage films by the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound
- Market Square Farmers Market
- Home style food, food trucks, burgers, kettle corn, and barbeque!
For more information on the History Fair, please visit http://www.easttnhistory.org/historyfair or call 865-215-8824.