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President James K. Polk Home awarded grant from the Tennessee State Museum
Columbia Daily Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe President James K. Polk Home & Museum is a recipient of a $28,000 grant for Capital Maintenance...
Cumberland University professor releases new book: ‘Who Is James K. Polk?’
Columbia Daily Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCumberland University professor of history and project director of the Papers of Martin Van Buren...
Columbia artist works to complete Polk statues for Preservation Park opening
Columbia Daily Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIt's not every day that someone is tasked with commemorating a piece of history that will last many...
Polks at Preservation Park statues, pocket park upgrades to be revealed Nov. 3
Gannett via AOL· 7 months agoA project long-in-the-making will be revealed Friday, Nov. 3, bringing both an uplift to a beloved...
‘History gets forgotten, brushed aside...’ Polk site near Pineville tells untold stories
Rock Hill Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoViolet and Lucy were two young girls forced to leave their families and home just north of...
The worst architectural crime in Tennessee history
Columbia Daily Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Dec. 5, 1900, an advertisement appeared on page 5 of the Nashville American advertising “building stone” for sale near the Corner of Eighth Avenue and...
The President Who Did It All in One Term — and What Biden Could Learn From Him
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt was never James K. Polk’s intention to run for president. A former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Polk had served a single two-year term as governor of Tennessee — then a largely ...
Tense debate ends with Central Unified renaming Fresno school. Here’s the new name
Fresno Bee McClatchy via AOL· 2 years agoJames K. Polk Elementary School in Fresno will now be Central Elementary School following a heated...
17 presidents who grew up in surprisingly humble homes
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 4 months agoJimmy Carter's childhood home in Plains, Georgia.Shutterstock; AP/Mark Humphrey Some presidents like...
Everything you need to know about the Battle of Chapultepec
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAttack on Chapultepec. (Library of Congress photo) The Battle of Chapultepec was a battle of the...