Tullahoma’s song to President Truman
This song was written and played for President Harry S. Truman on his visit to Tullahoma on June 25th, 1951. It was sung by The Old Hiskory Quartette.
It was written by Alan Gray and M. Campbell
President Truman visited Tullahoma for the opening of Arnold Air Force Base.
In 1949, Congress authorized $100 million for the construction of the Air Engineering Development Center. A site was selected for the new center at the Army’s old Camp Forrest near Tullahoma and Manchester, Tennessee. The site was chosen for its abundance of land, water and power. Land was needed to buffer surrounding communities from potential test hazards and noise. Water was needed to cool rapidly flowing air and hot exhaust gases. Abundant electricity was needed to power huge testing systems. Construction on the center started in 1950. On June 25, 1951, a year after General Arnold’s death, President Harry S. Truman dedicated the Air Engineering Development Center in Arnold’s honor, naming it the Arnold Engineering Development Center.
A women in Kentucky found the original document in a Recycle bin and sent it to my work Coffee County Lannom Library. I will be contacting AEDC to give them the original document for their archives.
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