Want to get up to speed on the past 250 years in America? Check out the NPR miniseries, “America in Pursuit.”
What Where When-sday: Let Freedom Sing! Music City
Let Freedom Sing! Music City is one of the ways Nashville is honoring America 250th. The free, two day fest taking place on Friday (July 3) and Saturday (July 4).
5 times Tennessee influenced the USA as it celebrates 250 years
From constitutional amendments to airport security, see how Tennessee history has shaped the nation as we know it.
The Hermitage is revising its tour about slavery. Some descendants remain skeptical.
The presidential home of Andrew Jackson is revitalizing its tour highlighting the lives of people who were enslaved there. Descendants have mixed feelings.
The Roundabout: The Promise of America at 250
America’s independence turns 250 this year, and the country is abuzz with commemorations, flags flying, and patriotic-fueled pride.
Patriotic music? ‘Outlaws Almanac’ compilation grapples with American history
The compilation “Outlaws’ Almanac” arrives as grand patriotic ceremonies abound — but it’s a celebration of a different kind, “to define and expand the notion of us,” says executive producer Lizzie No. It arrives on Juneteenth.
American patriots, then and now
The descendants of the American Revolution are the keepers of our personal histories, saving the stories of ancestors whom time might have forgotten.
In their country music, the flag is for everyone
Recent songs from country stars Morgan Wallen, Brantley Gilbert and Lee Brice portray their side as the only one that can claim the American flag. At the edges of the mainstream, some artists have found ways of freeing the flag from that narrow meaning.
An alternative soundtrack for America at 250
“All-American Girl.” “God Bless the U.S.A.” “Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue.” You’ll hear these songs many times this summer as we celebrate America’s 250th anniversary. But those aren’t everyone’s anthems.
On Air - 90.3 WPLN-FM