Interestingly enough, I grew up between Etowah and Athens, TN. I heard nothing about the Battle of Athens while I was in elementary/high school there...I found out about it in a history class I was taking in college halfway across the state. Needless to say, this piqued my interest and I started asking around when I returned home.
My grandparents were shocked when I told them of this. Living there for the first ~20 years of my life, having a 7th grade "History of Tennessee" class, and never hearing of this until moving away. You would be surprised how many people I spoke to knew nothing of this, most likely the single biggest and most important event that will EVER occur in that area.
It is good to see that this honorable fight made everyone in the area so proud. I suppose I shouldn't really be all that surprised.
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My grandparents were shocked when I told them of this. Living there for the first ~20 years of my life, having a 7th grade "History of Tennessee" class, and never hearing of this until moving away. You would be surprised how many people I spoke to knew nothing of this, most likely the single biggest and most important event that will EVER occur in that area.
It is good to see that this honorable fight made everyone in the area so proud. I suppose I shouldn't really be all that surprised.