News
by Emily R. West
Originally published on franklinhomepage.com on February 28, 2017
“With an eclectic display of signs throughout Franklin, battlefield enthusiasts want to make sure what’s popped up throughout the years makes sense.”
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https://franklinhomepage.com/everywheres-a-sign-franklin-looking-to-improve-battlefield-markers/
By A.J. Dugger III
Published originally on franklinhomepage.com on November 17, 2016
“At the beginning of the year, the Battle of Franklin Trust had one large hurdle to overcome to achieve the final piece for Carter Hill Battlefield Park.
That came in the form of moving two large houses that formerly contained Franklin Flower and Gift Gallery and the former Williamson County Court Appointed Service Advocates (CASA) office.”
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https://franklinhomepage.com/house-demolitions-make-way-for-carter-hill-battlefield-park/
by Collin Czarnecki
Originally published February 12, 2016 on tennessean.com
“A deal with local and national preservation groups, as well as the city of Franklin, has resulted in a new city battlefield park in downtown Franklin.”
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http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/02/12/deal-inked-battlefield-land-franklin/80303020/
By Emily West
Originally published on franklinhomepage.com on February 11, 2016
“With the recent approval and handover of the Carter Hill Battlefield Park property, signage and walking trails within the new acreage will become implemented in 2016. ”
By KELLY GILFILLAN and EMILY R. WEST
Originally published on brentwoodhomepage.com February 10, 2016
“Preservationists and city officials exchanged signatures on Wednesday morning to transfer millions of dollars worth of Battle of Franklin landscape that the city will transform into the Carter Hill Battlefield Park. ”
Read the entire article here: http://www.brentwoodhomepage.com/preservationists-city-exchange-dollars-for-battlefield-land-cms-25187#.VrysJCndGFA
By Emily West
Originally published on Franklinhomepage.com on December 31, 2015
“The year 2016 will become one of the biggest yet for Franklin’s Charge and the Battle of Franklin Trust, who officially received almost $1.3 million for Carter Hill Battlefield Park before 2015 drew to a close.”
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http://franklinhomepage.com/carter-hill-park-funding-to-go-before-the-city-in-2016-cms-23336#.VqFHxVLdGFA
by Jill Cowan
Originally published on tennessean.com on May 20, 2015
“It took three tries to find the foundation of the Carter family’s cotton gin, said Larry McKee, who headed an archaeological dig at the site off Columbia Avenue in Franklin.”
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http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/2015/05/20/franklin-dig-uncovers-base-civil-war-cotton-gin/27672629/
by Derby Jones and Pam Horne
Originally published on williamsonherald.com on April 23, 2015
“The much-anticipated demolition of the former Domino’s Pizza Wednesday advanced Franklin’s battlefield reclamation plan another critical step toward realizing the vision to establish the 20-acre Carter Hill Battlefield Park.”
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http://www.williamsonherald.com/news/article_5eb1b7e0-e97d-11e4-b5f9-efdac682b6ae.html
by Jill Cowan
Originally published on tennessean.com on November 29, 2014
“The demolition of the building and the purchase of the site, which stretches over a little more than an acre, were major steps forward in a larger effort to protect a 112-acre chunk of the battlefield.”
Williamson County photographer Mark Lucas has recently released a stunning photograph, The Confederate Monument on the Square at Sunset, and is selling 16×20 giclee prints on canvas to raise funds to support Franklin’s Charge. Each print is $175, and Franklin’s Charge will receive 20 percent of the proceeds to utilize for the establishment of the Carter Cotton Gin Battlefield Park. Please call (615) 595-0636 for more information.
