Events in the Village!
Casey Jones Museum Announces Traveling Exhibit
Casey Jones Museum Welcomes
Traveling Exhibit
Traveling Exhibit
(Murfreesboro, TN) As the 150th anniversary of the Civil War gets into full swing this year, the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area has enlarged its traveling exhibition on emancipation. Two new panels focus on the fight for freedom in West Tennessee, where a groundbreaking contraband camp was established in Grand Junction in November 1862. The enhanced exhibition will debut at the Casey Jones Home and Railroad Museum on Friday, February 3rd and be on view through March 20th, 2012 as a part of the Museum tour. Museum admission is $6.50, Seniors $5.50 and children 6-12 $4.50.
Entitled “Free at Last!” the 4-panel exhibition emphasizes the significance of emancipation as a result of the Civil War. “Free at Last!” provides an introduction to the joys and challenges shared by African Americans in Tennessee during the aftermath of slavery. The exhibition looks at the intersection of Union military
action and the influx of former slaves to Union lines in West Tennessee, which provides an important case study of wartime emancipation. The Reconstruction years were crucial to the development of African American communities throughout Tennessee. Former slaves founded scores of schools and churches. “Free at Last” highlights some of the emancipation communities that are wonderfully preserved in our state.
action and the influx of former slaves to Union lines in West Tennessee, which provides an important case study of wartime emancipation. The Reconstruction years were crucial to the development of African American communities throughout Tennessee. Former slaves founded scores of schools and churches. “Free at Last” highlights some of the emancipation communities that are wonderfully preserved in our state.
The exhibition debuted in February in 2007 and has since traveled to the Roy Bailey African American History Center in Lebanon, the Sam Davis Home in Smyrna, the Granville Museum in Jackson County, the McLemore House Museum in Franklin, Oaklands Historic House Museum in Murfreesboro, the Rutherford County Archives in Murfreesboro, the Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center in Townsend, the Germantown Regional History and Genealogical Center, several churches in the Denmark and Mercer communities in West Tennessee, the Discovery Museum of West Tennessee in Jackson, the Green McAdoo Cultural Center in Clinton, the James E. Walker Library at Middle Tennessee State University and Margaret Allen Middle School in Nashville. In addition, the exhibition has been on view at the Legacy of Stones River Symposium in Murfreesboro, the Civil War Preservation Trust Summer Teacher Institute in Chattanooga, the National Trust for Historic Preservation Conference in Nashville, the International Heritage Development Conference in Charleston, S.C., the MTSU Scholars Week Exposition in Murfreesboro, and the Journey from Slavery to Freedom: Emancipation During and After the Civil War Social Studies Camp in Murfreesboro.
“Our goal is to tell the whole story of the Civil War and Reconstruction in Tennessee,” says Laura Holder, federal liaison for the Heritage Area. “These venues are terrific places to tell the emancipation story.” The Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area receives funding from the National Park Service and is administered by the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University.
Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum is located at 30 Casey Jones Lane in Jackson, Tennessee. It features the historic home of famed railroad hero Casey Jones. For more information visit www.caseyjones.com.
(Photo courtesy of Paul Jackson)
Electric Car Charging Station Story goes AP!
Posted January 10th, 2012: It's been an exciting morning as we learned that our electric car charging stations story has been picked up by the Associated Press and shared with news outlets all over the country.
Here is an example:
http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2012/01/casey_jones_village_in_jackson.html
We can't thank them enough for spreading the word about this exciting new addition to Casey Jones Village! See our press release below for all the details.
Here is an example:
http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2012/01/casey_jones_village_in_jackson.html
We can't thank them enough for spreading the word about this exciting new addition to Casey Jones Village! See our press release below for all the details.
Weekend Friday & Saturday Night Coupon Announced!
January2011FridaySaturdayNightCoupon Look for this fantastic coupon in the Jackson Sun newspaper Friday and Saturday this week! Here is a copy for your convenience. Please print and present to the cashier. See coupon for details.
Green Ribbon Cutting Event News
Casey Jones Village Installs
Blink® Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Blink® Electric Vehicle Charging Stations
Green Ribbon Cutting Event January 12th
(JACKSON, TN) Officials with Casey Jones Village have announced the installation of three charging stations for electric vehicles, the only location between Memphis & Nashville currently offering this service. Owners with Casey Jones Village, local stakeholders and ECOtality, the project administrator and a leader in clean transportation and storage technologies, will have a Green Ribbon Cutting and press conference for The EV Project's Blink® electric vehicle (EV) charging stations at 1:30 pm on Thursday, January 12th at 56 Casey Jones Lane in Jackson. Casey Jones Village's Blink charging station is the first publicly available charging station installed in West Tennessee outside Shelby County.
Casey Jones Village offers three Blink Level 2 charging stations and can accommodate the all‐electric Nissan LEAF. “We are so proud to be a part of this progressive initiative. It is sustainable tourism at its finest,” Clark Shaw, Old Country Store CEO, said. He continued, "With our travel attraction on Interstate 40 at exit 80A, we feel this is an ideal and convenient location. We wanted Jackson to be a leader in this important program as the country builds the electric car charging infrastructure and helps our country decrease our dependence on foreign oil. ECOtality's goal is to bring electric vehicle charging options throughout the state of Tennessee to ultimately achieve complete coverage of I-40 from end to end. We first learned of the ECOtotality program at a Tennessee Department of Tourist Development Sustainable Tourism workshop held at the Old Country Store."
"The Tennessee Hospitality Association and our local association members are very excited to support green initiatives across the state such as the EV Project,” stated Greg Adkins, CEO of the Tennessee Hospitality Association that is the advocacy voice for the lodging and dining establishments in Tennessee. “As the second largest industry in the state, the hospitality industry is a natural market for consumers to use electronic transportation," Adkins added.
The EV Project is the largest deployment of electric vehicles and charge infrastructure in history. As project manager of The EV Project, San Francisco‐based ECOtality is overseeing the deployment of approximately 14,000 charging stations throughout America. The project is funded by the U. S. Department of Energy.
Casey Jones Village is located in Jackson, Tennessee at I-40 exit 80A and includes Brooks Shaw's Old Country Store, Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum and the Shoppes at Casey Jones Village. For more details visit www.caseyjones.com.
Our Hometown Folks Coupon! It's back!
HometownFolksCoupon We're proud to offer our incredible Hometown Folks coupon again this Winter. It will be effective Monday to Thursday from January 2nd, 2012 to February 29th, 2012. Please print a copy from this link and bring it in to enjoy this amazing value. See the coupon for details and enjoy! The coupon is available in the Jackson Sun newspaper 12/29, 30 & 31 also and selected days the next couple of weeks. Happy New Year!
Happy New Year! Christmas recap....
We hope you and yours had a wonderful Christmas! Thank you to all the families who joined for our 27th annual Christmas Eve Breakfast. It was another remarkable year. We were honored to feature the work of the West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation. Please consider an honorarium or memorial to a loved one online at www.wthfoundation.org. Special thanks to our hardworking team members at the Old Country Store and to our wonderful entertainment. We were happy to have with us the Casey Jones Barbershop Chorus, Wildwood Express, the Highway 54 Band, the Norvell Family, Steve Patterson and also the father daughter team of Jen & Jon. Live music always adds so much to the festive atmosphere and we so appreciate our musical guests playing for us for this special event.
We were so happy with the article in the Jackson Sun on Christmas Day by Jordan Buie with photographs by Kenneth Cummings. It really captured the spirit of the event. Thank you so very much! Here is a link to the article: http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20111225/NEWS01/112250323/Food-family-fellowship-draw-crowd-breakfast?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp
We will be open this week. Bring in your family, tour the Village and relax with us. Hours on New Year's Eve are 6:30 am until 5:00 in the restaurant serving our famous breakfast and lunch buffets and closing the Old Country Store at 6:00 pm. New Year's Day will be open at 11:00 am until 9:00 pm serving all your New Year's favorites. Y'all come!
We were so happy with the article in the Jackson Sun on Christmas Day by Jordan Buie with photographs by Kenneth Cummings. It really captured the spirit of the event. Thank you so very much! Here is a link to the article: http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20111225/NEWS01/112250323/Food-family-fellowship-draw-crowd-breakfast?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cp
We will be open this week. Bring in your family, tour the Village and relax with us. Hours on New Year's Eve are 6:30 am until 5:00 in the restaurant serving our famous breakfast and lunch buffets and closing the Old Country Store at 6:00 pm. New Year's Day will be open at 11:00 am until 9:00 pm serving all your New Year's favorites. Y'all come!
We're on Elvis.com!!!!!!
http://www.elvis.com/news/detail.aspx?id=6013 How exciting to be on Elvis.com!!! We are thrilled!!!! Many thanks to our friends at Graceland for sharing about our Christmas Eve Breakfast! Merry Christmas!
Christmas Eve Breakfast Announcement & News!
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"When Pigs Fly" Book Signing is Monday, Nov. 28th!
Casey Jones Museum to Host Book Signing with
Ben Mandrell and Josh Brunet!
Ben Mandrell and Josh Brunet!
(Jackson, TN) Jackson pastor, Ben Mandrell of Englewood Baptist Church, and Jackson artist and illustrator, Joshua S. Brunet, have recently published their first children’s book with BorderStone Press, LLC entitled, When Pigs Fly. They will be having a reading and book signing at 4:00 pm on Monday, November 28th at Casey Jones Home & Railroad Museum in Casey Jones Village in Jackson.
David Dockery, President of Union University, in Jackson said, “If you want to help your children and grandchildren begin to learn about the value of friendships, the power of dreams and vision, and the enablement of God for all aspects of life, I recommend that you read this charming little book to them. Ben Mandrell and Joshua Brunet are to be commended for this wonderful story, which is so beautifully communicated and illustrated. I have no doubt that children (and those who read to them) will enjoy reading this book over and over again.”
Ben Mandrell is married and has four young children. He is the Senior Pastor of Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson. Ben’s passion is to preach the Word of God in such a way that lives are changed for eternity. The mission of Englewood is to lead people to love God, love others, and to serve the world.
Joshua S. Brunet is married and has three young children. He currently lives in Oakfield and is the Director of Communications at Englewood Baptist Church. He is also an adjunct instructor for a design class at Union University. He does freelance illustration work for The Jackson Symphony, Trinity Christian Academy, and LifeWay’s Mature Living Magazine.
When Pigs Fly is currently available on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble. Casey Jones Museum is located at 3o Casey Jones Lane in Jackson, TN. The website is www.caseyjones.com.
Open House Schedule of Events! Come see us!
Casey Jones Village
Homecoming Open House
2011 Schedule of Events
Friday, November 25th:
Old Country Store: Santa Claus throughout the weekend
9:00 am Steve Patterson Christmas Guitar Music
Noon – 2:00 pm Book Signing – In the Ice Cream Parlor
Billy King Big Black Creek Vol. 1
Casey Jones Museum:
1:00 pm Wildwood Express band
2:30 pm Meet & Greet with Nancy Howse, Casey Jones’
Granddaughter
Throughout the weekend - Norma Taylor, Museum Historian, will
be available to sign copies of her book
“Casey Jones – The Legend Lives On”
Music Highway Crossroads:
3:30 - 5 pm Highway 54 band
7:00 pm Michael King
Saturday, November 26th
Old Country Store:
Ice Cream Parlor
10:00 am - Noon Wildwood Express
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm – Book Signing of
Meat Fire Wood with author Tony Kail
4:00 pm The Appleton Family Band
Music Highway Crossroads:
2:00 – 4:00 pm Wildwood Express band
7:00 – 9:00 pm Spector band
Sunday, November 27th
Old Country Store: Ice Cream Parlor
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Highway 54 band
Merry Christmas!