Knoxville — The 2018 East Tennessee History Fair brings the state many historical chapters to life in downtown Knoxville.
The free event features dozens of businesses, historical organizations, museums, and reenactors.
The fair opens at 10 a.m. and goes on until 5 p.m. The highlights include:
- Free admission to the Museum of East Tennessee History Artifact donors, living historians, and collections experts will offer special tours and discussions throughout the museum.
- Antiques Fair
- WDVX Music Stage
- Living History Timeline—spanning the region's history from the Cherokee to Vietnam War
- Abraham Lincoln and wife Mary Todd and other historical characters will roam the crowd
- More than 60 historical and genealogical societies representing county, regional, and state organizations from across the region
- "History Hound" Dog Costume Contest at 10:15 a.m.
- Tours of Old Knoxville High
- Army vs. Navy WWI baseball game at the old Bill Myers Stadium field, with the first pitch thrown out by Retired Army Col. Gerald York, grandson of Sgt. Alvin C. York
- "Old Fashioned Tennessee Checkers Skirmish" sponsored by Mast General Store
- Book sales by Friends of the Knox County Library featuring history-themed books for children and adults
- An enlarged children's activity area in the Regions Bank parking lot with special crafts, games, and storytelling by the "King of The Wild Frontier," Davy Crockett, along with a birthday party with cake for Davy's 232nd birthday
- Craft demonstrations
- Free admission at Blount Mansion, James White's Fort, Mabry Hazen House, Bethel Cemetery, Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, Old Knoxville High, and the WWI baseball game at the old Bill Myers Stadium field
- Open House with free tours of the Tennessee Theatre and vintage films by the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound
- Walking tour with Knoxville Walking Tours on "Misbehaving Women"
- Join the Suffrage Coalition for the unveiling of the name plaques on the Burn Memorial with an ice cream social to celebrate and remarks at 10:50 a.m. at the memorial
- Walking tour with Jack Neely to South Knoxville and Suttree Landing