Retired educator and historian Gloria Haugabook McKissack remembers vividly the day 63 years ago when she was forcibly ejected from…
Author: Pamela A. Keene
Pamela A. Keene
Pamela A. Keene is a freelance journalist who writes about travel, personality features, gardening and how-to topics. An avid photographer, she lives in Flowery Branch, Georgia, and has been published in magazines across the country.
Three U.S. presidents hailing from the early days of Tennessee’s statehood helped shape the United States. Andrew Jackson (1829–37), James…
It was a top-secret location created from the farmlands and pastoral rolling hills of northeast Tennessee in the early…
Travel abruptly ground to a halt during the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent lockdowns, except for one bright spot: People ventured…
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Each person only has 24 hours in a day. It’s easy to fill time with demands of others and responsibilities…
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From seeing seven states atop Lookout Mountain, just a half-mile from the Tennessee state line, to scaling Clingmans Dome in…