History Happy Hour

History Happy Hour continues this fall! September’s program features two presenters from East Tennessee State University talking about the life of Jessie Ackermann. Masters of Liberal Studies student Mary Bronson and Reece Museum Collections Manager Amy Steadman will both be speaking at this event. The program will be on Thursday, September 21^st at 6:30 pm, and it will be at the International Storytelling Center in Jonesborough. It is free and open to the public.
 
Jessie Ackermann was a writer, traveler, orator, and social activist. Mary has been researching Ackermann’s life for the past year and a half and has been working with Amy and the Reece Museum on designing an exhibit that explores Ackermann’s role in women’s history and social history. The Archives of Appalachia and the Reece Museum together house the largest collection of Ackermann’s correspondence and traveling mementoes.
 
For more information on the Chester Inn Museum, History Happy Hour, or the Heritage Alliance please call our office at 423.753.9580 or the Chester Inn Museum at 423.753.4580.  You can also contact the organization via email at info@heritageall.org.  Additional information about the Heritage Alliance and its mission can be found online at http://www.heritageall.org/. Be sure to follow the Chester Inn and Heritage Alliance Facebook pages for updates about events at the Chester Inn and other Heritage Alliance programs.