Join correspondent Tom Wilmer reporting from the Tennessee State Museum where he visits with Annabeth Hayes, curator of decorative arts.
This show was originally published in 2021 and is re-shared as a most popular Best-of-the-Best Journeys podcast.
Hayes takes us on a tour of the museum in the heart of downtown Nashville, as she shares stories of the memorable people from Tennessee’s history.
A sampler includes tales of a former slave who became a renowned crafter of furniture, a revered WWII woman’s air service pilot (WASP), the state’s first female county sheriff and the mover-and-shaker Tennessee Suffragettes.
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