Join us in remembering the participants in the climactic Battle at Franklin at the Franklin Theatre on Monday, December 9th at 8 pm. Hear live authentic fiddle and banjo songs that soldiers and civilians alike would have been listened to, to some of the most moving accounts on the march from Atlanta in the race to Nashville, to the killing fields south of Franklin, where in five hours 10,000 Americans became casualties.
In the spirit of reverence and remembering the human cost at Franklin in 1864 various accounts from civilians and soldiers alike, North and South, will be read, interspersed with the period music.
Musician and historian Brent Feito will be coming from the mountains of Northern Virginia to entertain and educate the audience on well-documented, and correctly played, fiddle and banjo tunes from the 1850s and 60s – songs almost all participants in the contest at Franklin would have known.
Preservationist and artist, Robert Lee Hodge, will narrate the event, briefly describing his journey in discovering and appreciating the history of Franklin, evolving into preservation efforts at various Franklin battlefield sites, principally Collins Farm on the Lewisburg Pike.
If time permits there will be a brief period for questions and answers. Program ends at 9:30 pm.