Celebrating Seuss at Discovery Center
Everyone is invited to Discovery Center at Murfree Spring on Saturday, March 6, from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., to celebrate NEA’s Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss’ Birthday.
Admission and activities are free all day and include performances by Murfreesboro City Schools Extended Schools Program‘s Performing Arts Group, Linebaugh Library Bookmobile and portable puppet show, a great new traveling exhibit, The Bone Zone: Carnival of Healthy Choices, storybook snacks and fun art. Also door prizes will be given out throughout the day.
Overflow parking is available at Holloway High School. For more information, visit discoverycenteronline.org.
Exploring the Civil War
As the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s beginning approaches, Middle Tennesseans have a timely opportunity to learn more about the men who fought in that devastating conflict, thanks to an upcoming symposium 8 a.m. through 4 p.m., Saturday, March 20.
“The Legacy of Stones River: Why They Fought” will feature speakers Keith Bohannon, Sam Davis Elliott and Kenneth Noe at the Rutherford County Courthouse in the morning.
“Tennessee was quite divided during the war, so it is fascinating to discover how people chose sides,” said Antoinette van Zelm, historian with the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, co-coordinator of the symposium.
The event will continue that afternoon with living-history programs at Stones River National Battlefield.
“Addressing the question of why soldiers fought on the ground where thousands of them were killed and wounded is a powerful way to complement the presentations of our visiting scholars,” said Park Ranger Jim Lewis.
The Ninth Kentucky Infantry, U.S.A., reenactment group will drill and fire their muskets while sharing the story of Southerners who chose to fight for the Union.
To register or for more information, visit tncivilwar.org or call (615) 893-9501.
Golfing for the Blue Raider Battalion
The MTSU Army ROTC Blue Raider Battalion will host the first Blue Raider Golf Tournament on Sunday, March 21, at the Old Fort Golf Course in Murfreesboro.
This fundraiser will support the MTSU Army ROTC program and gives businesses an opportunity for marketing and social/professional networking. The event will also include food and prizes through the day. The deadline for sponsorship donation is March 12 and the deadline for golf team registration
is March 14.
Each team will be made up of four golfers, and the organization can coordinate cadets to play with groups in need of more players.
For more information, contact Bradley Christmas at (615) 593-1306.
Relay by the River
The Stones River Relay, held Saturday, April 3, is a community event focused on getting people outside and onto the River. Beginning on Short Mountain, the highest point in Middle Tennessee, the Relay has three stages. The first leg is a run (mostly downhill). Stage 2 is a bike ride (again mostly downhill). Stage 3 is a paddle; entrants will switch to canoes or kayaks at the Arts Center of Cannon County. At that location the River is deep and wide enough to accommodate a flotilla of paddlers who will work their way downstream, ultimately exiting the River at the newly restored Readyville Mill.
Entrants are welcome to participate solo or as a team to complete one or all three legs of the Relay. This is a fun, family event.
Check-in will be from 8–8:30 a.m. on event day at the Arts Center. Boats will be inventoried there; participants and their bicycles will be shuttled to the Short Mountain School where bikes will be inventoried; runners will then be driven to the top of Short Mountain to the Relay starting point. The run will begin at 9:30 a.m.
Proceeds will be shared by the host sites and Stones River Watershed Association to be reinvested in water-focused projects.
