John Christmas McLemore, Christmasville, TN Well, his name anyway.  Our Marvin Downing is the historical consultant for a PBS segment on Christmasville, TN and John Christmas McLemore.  Marvin says that means “a person might catch my name when the credits are run”! The segment will air on Christmas Eve and again on the following Sunday morning after Christmas.  If you don’t have access to Nashville Public Television, after the segment airs, it will be on the website a few weeks via You Tube and you can check it out at  www.tennesseecrossroads.org. John Christmas McLemore was one of the founding fathers…

April 6th of every year is National Tartan Day which honors those Americans of Scottish descent.  Kentucky’s tartan is shown here, woven into a sash, and worn by Jackson Purchase Historical Society President Sarah Strange at the Society’s Fall Meeting, November 14, 2009. In 2001, Glasgow, Kentucky was the host of the International Highland Games and the Kentucky Tartan was, it is believed, worn first there. The tartan is green, bluegreen, blue, grey,  yellow, red, white and black in color; each color represents a different attribute of the state and its citizens.  For a more detailed discussion, see the History…