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Geography defines East Tennessee as a land of mountains and valleys and with a history and heritage apart from the rest of the state. The East Tennessee Historical Society recognizes this distinctiveness with programs and exhibitions uniquely tailored to the region. Our educational mission is to engage the public with the message that history is important.
General Longstreet lifted the siege of Knoxville after hearing that Union reinforcements were moving toward the city on this day in 1863.
Elihu Embree, native of Jonesborough and publisher of the nation's first anti-slavery paper, died on this day in 1820.