Annual Heritage Fair
Washington County, TN Heritage Fair
Friday, September 3rd and Saturday, September 4th, 2021
Information below is from 2020’s Heritage Fair, but was cancelled due to COVID.
Use the links below to electronically sign up for the event.
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Sc Note: The event schedule is listed further down this page.
The Jonesborough Genealogical Society, in partnership with many heritage organizations,and the Jonesborough Visitors Center and Emporium, will host the 2nd Annual Heritage Fair on Friday and Saturday, May 8th and 9th, 2020.
- First, a student competition for 5th through 8th graders within Washington County that will feature student projects through tri-fold displays in three distinct categories will be judged for awards in the Jonesborough Visitors Center.
- Second, heritage organizations and individuals with specific heritage topic interests will display exhibits on their area’s of local interest.
- Finally, a Living History Timeline will be display throughout town, with other presentations, classes, talks, and performances to be made throughout the day at various sites.
Click the image below to see the public flyer regarding the event.
Event Schedule from 2020:
Click here to download 2019 Event Schedule as a PDF.
| Theme | Location | Time | Subject | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Friday, 9:00-9:45 | Connie Goff Sharp, History of 4-H | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Friday, 10:00-10:45 | Dr. Brenda G’Fellers and Kristin Pearson, Children’s Author and Illustrator Rhea Wells [Presentation geared to School Aged Children] | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Friday, 11:00-11:45 | Jennifer Bauer, Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Friday, 12:00-12:45 | Megan Cullen Tewell, History of the Ashe Street Courthouse | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Friday, 1:00-1:45 | Joy Branham, The Perfect 36: Tennessee’s Crucial Part in Securing Women’s Right to Vote | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Friday, 2:00-2:45 | Dr. Brenda G’Fellers and Kristin Pearson, Children’s Author and Illustrator Rhea Wells [Presentation geared to Adults] | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Friday, 3:00-3:45 | Nathan Shreve, Cane Notch Archaeological Site | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Saturday, 9:30- 10:45 | Jonesborough Genealogical Society’s Annual Meeting and Hall of Fame- 30th Anniversary Celebration | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room |
Saturday, 11:00-11:45
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Dr. Patrick Stern, Embree House Farm | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Saturday, 12:00- 12:45 | Reagan Cornett, Geographical and Archeological Investigation at David Crockett Birthplace State Park | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Saturday, 1:00- 1:45 | Dr. William Kennedy, Celebrating 50 Years of Historic Zoning in Jonesborough | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Saturday, 2:00- 2:45 | Cherel Henderson, First Families of Tennessee | |
| Presentation and Talks | Jonesborough Library Meeting Room | Saturday, 3:00 – 3:45 | Boones Creek Historical Trust, Boones Creek History | |
| Student Heritage Poster Competition | Jonesborough Visitors Center | Friday, 9:00-4:00 Saturday, 11:00-4:00 | Student Heritage Competition | |
| Living History Timeline | Mill Springs Park & Other Locations in Jonesborough | Friday 9:00-4:00 Saturday, 11:00-4:00 | Living History Timeline | |
| Town Tours | Chester Inn Museum | Friday 1:00, Saturday 1:00 | Main Street Town Tours provided by the Heritage Alliance of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia. Cost is $5.00 per person. | |
| One-Room School Open | Oak Hill School | Friday 9:00- 2:00 | School located at 212 E. Sabin Drive, Jonesborough, Free Admission | |
| Museums Open | Washington County-Jonesborough History Museum | Friday 8:00-5:00, Saturday 10:00- 5:00 | Museum inside Jonesborough Visitors Center, Free Admission | |
| Museums Open | Chester Inn Museum and Historic Site | Friday, 11:00-6:00, Saturday, 11:00- 6:00 | Museum located at 116 W. Main Street, Jonesborough, Free Admission | |
| Museums Open | Chuckey Depot Railroad Museum | Friday, 1:00- 5:00 Saturday, 11:00- 5:00 | Museum located at 210 S. Second Avenue, Jonesborough, Free Admission |
Partner Organizations:
Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society – East Tennessee Chapter
Archives of Appalachia
Boones Creek Historical Trust
Bowmantown Ruritan
Broylesville Archives and Museum
David Crockett Birthplace State Park
East Tennessee Historical Society
East Tennessee History Center
Edward Cox House
Elijah Cross II Chapter, Daughters of 1812
Embree House and Farm
George L. Carter Railroad Museum
Herald and Tribune
Heritage Alliance of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia
John Sevier-Sarah Hawkins Chapter of the Daughter of the American Revolution
Johnson City / Washington County Veterans Memorial Foundation
Johnson City – Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration
Jonesborough Visitors Center
Katherine Marbury Scott Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII
Kings Mountain Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution
Knob Creek Museum and Pioneer Homestead
Overmountain Victory Trail Association
State of Franklin Chapter of the American Revolution
Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park
Tipton-Haynes Historic Site
Town of Jonesborough
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Johnson City Chapter # 754
Walk in their Boots
Washington College Alumni Association
Washington County-Jonesborough Library
Watauga Historical Association
Judges:
Marat Moore, Author of “Women in the Mines: Stories of Life and Work” and Advisory Council member of Langston Education and Arts Development, Inc.
Lisa Oakley, Education Curator, East Tennessee Historical Society
Speakers:
Jennifer Bauer, Park Manager at Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park
Boones Creek Historical Trust
Joy Branham, Johnson City – Women’s Suffrage Centennial Celebration
Reagan Cornett, Graduate Student, ETSU
Dr. Brenda G’Fellers and Kristin Pearson, Bristol Public Library
Cherel Henderson, East Tennessee Historical Society
Dr. William Kennedy, Jonesborough Historic Zoning Commission
Connie Goff Sharp, UT Extension Office- Washington County
Nathan Shreve, Doctoral Student
Dr. H. Patrick Stern, Embree House and Farm
Megan Cullen Tewell, Project Coordinator of Heritage Alliance of Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia
Demonstrators / Living Historians:
The Cherokee
Lisa Bennett, Mary Patton Story
Kings Mountain Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, Revolutionary War Weaponry
Gerald Mustin and Gary Love, Longhunters
Overmountain Victory Trail Association, Kings Mountain and the Overmountain Men
State of Franklin Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 19th Amendment and Women’s Suffrage
Diane Thompson, Basket Weaving
Scott Thompson, Wood Crafting
Starlet Williams, Slave Medicine
Walk in their Boots, World War II
Vietnam School Program, Mo Baines, Vietnam
