Hi Ya'll,
Glad you could drop in! Here's a bit of information I bet you didn't know.
Glad you could drop in! Here's a bit of information I bet you didn't know.
DID YOU KNOW that it was a Nashville man who introduced the Seeing Eye Dog to the U.S.? Morris Frank, who was blinded by two accidents, was a Vanderbilt student when a news vendor told him of a story by Dorothy Eustis which had appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. Dorothy owned an experimental breeding station for German Shepherds in Switzerland. Frank traveled to Europe for training and returned to the states in 1928 with his new guide dog, Buddy. Frank and Buddy proved to a skeptical American public that the blind could regain their independence through trained guide dogs.
In 1929, Eustis, Frank and others established The Seeing Eye, Inc. in Nashville, which later relocated to New Jersey.
Do you remember Wilma Rudolph? She was from Clarksville and following a bout with polio, scarlet fever and pneumonia, she was told she would never walk again. But she didn’t let that stop her. In the 1960 Rome Olympics she broke a world record and won 3 gold medals in track & field. She was amazing. I think this really proves the old saying that you can do whatever you set your mind to.
Butternuts was a nickname that was first given to Tennessee soldiers during the Civil War because of the tan color of their uniforms
And here’s something you won’t find in the history books. On May 7, 1863, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn died of a single bullet wound, but not in battle. He was killed in Spring Hill, Tennessee by Maury County Doctor James B. Peters. Van Dorn went down in history as the only general in the Civil War to be killed, in uniform, by a jealous husband. Sounds like General Van Dorn was in the wrong place at the wrong time don’t ya’ think? That’s really amazing that a doctor would do something like that.
Well, that's about all I have for today. I'll be back again tomorrow.
Take care,
YOUR FAVORITE TENNESSEAN
EUNICE
Do you remember Wilma Rudolph? She was from Clarksville and following a bout with polio, scarlet fever and pneumonia, she was told she would never walk again. But she didn’t let that stop her. In the 1960 Rome Olympics she broke a world record and won 3 gold medals in track & field. She was amazing. I think this really proves the old saying that you can do whatever you set your mind to.
Butternuts was a nickname that was first given to Tennessee soldiers during the Civil War because of the tan color of their uniforms
And here’s something you won’t find in the history books. On May 7, 1863, Confederate General Earl Van Dorn died of a single bullet wound, but not in battle. He was killed in Spring Hill, Tennessee by Maury County Doctor James B. Peters. Van Dorn went down in history as the only general in the Civil War to be killed, in uniform, by a jealous husband. Sounds like General Van Dorn was in the wrong place at the wrong time don’t ya’ think? That’s really amazing that a doctor would do something like that.Well, that's about all I have for today. I'll be back again tomorrow.
Take care,
YOUR FAVORITE TENNESSEAN
EUNICE
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