NASHVILLE, Tenn. – To recognize Tennessee’s 226th birthday, the Tennessee State Library & Archives in Nashville is hosting two free Tennessee’s Statehood Day Celebration events on Statehood Day, Wednesday, June 1, and a family-friendly event on Saturday, June 4.
Tennessee’s three priceless original constitutions from 1796, 1834 and 1870, along with other rarely seen historical documents, will be publicly displayed in the Library & Archives’ lobby on Statehood Day, Wednesday, June 1, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Library & Archives is hosting a family-friendly Statehood Day Celebration event with live music, a scavenger hunt, games, crafts and historical reenactments.
The Tennessee State Museum and Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park in Nashville will offer free guided tours of the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, and at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 4. Tours will begin at the Bicentennial Mall Gift Shop.
No reservations are required for these free events. For more information about the Library & Archives and the other divisions of the Department of State, visit sos.tn.gov/tsla/statehoodday. Visit TNMuseum.org/Statehood for the Tennessee State Museum’s complete schedule of Statehood Day activities.