The Battle Of Athens, Tennessee 1946

[halfdome, Danny]

Re-enacted by a Hollywood cast however depicts a real event.

The Battle of Athens. McMinn County, Tennessee, 1946.
Best in full screen. Danny

[Wanna Be]

!!!!! WOW !!!!!!

I never learned about this happening while I was in school !!

Thanks for the link !!!!!


Wanna Be



Lynn

[halfdome, Danny]

!!!!! WOW !!!!!!

I never learned about this happening while I was in school !!

Thanks for the link !!!!!


Wanna Be



Lynn

Me too. Good we have the second amendment. Danny

[IndyTom]

Me too. Good we have the second amendment. Danny

For as long as we are able to defend it. This is what the framers intended the second amendment for, not for friggin duck hunting like some pols have tried to tell us during recent election cycles.

There is a really nice Wikipedia article on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)

The thing that amazes me is, my dad grew up pretty close to Athens, and I was up there at least once a year, and I never heard of this until tonight.

Tom

[TENNJIM]

I grew up not far from Athens and have relatives there that we visited in my early years. I had not heard of this story, either-except when it was posted on the Tearjerkers forum earlier.

Jim B / Utah

[rowerwet]

wikipedia cuts the story out right at the heart of it, go here for the out come http://www.constitution.org/mil/tn/batathen.htm