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. From wiki 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...

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Genesco Fire

Although we arrived after the fire department had setup, the fire inside the old Genesco building was still going. Each floor was wood as was most of all the interior so the fire continued. Sad to see the old landmark going up like that… Genesco Fire View photos at...

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The crew from Bonanza

This is just a snapshot of one of the crews I worked with at Bonanza located in Northgate Mall in Tullahoma, Tennessee. It was a great place to work during high school and I made a lot of friends during those years. I think the picture was taken in 1983 or 1984. If you can name the people please do so in the comments. I can name some of the people but not all of them…if I had my yearbook with me I could do better but here is a start Top...

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