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Contact: Ricky Rodriguez, TMP, CTTP                               
Wilson County Convention & Visitors Bureau
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Tennessee's Commissioner of Tourism Visits Civil War Site in Wilson County

(Lebanon, TN) May 14, 2010 - The Wilson County Convention & Visitors Bureau is pleased to announce the dedication of our area Civil War markers on Monday, May 17 at 2:30pm on the Lebanon Public Square. The new Tennessee Civil War Trails map guide prominently accents Wilson County on its front cover and Commissioner  Susan Whitaker of the Tennessee Department of Tourism will be on hand for the dedication.

Commissioner Whitaker will address officials at the Battle of Lebanon site beside the Neddy Jacobs Cabin, an 1800s log home, during the commemoration ceremony for the red, white and blue Tennessee Civil War Trails plaques. She will be greeted on this four-county tour by members Jack and Ruth Cato of the Sons of the Confederate Veterans General Robert H. Hatton Camp 723 and the United Daughters of the Confederacy Robert H. Hatton 329 from Lebanon.

As the Director of the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area, Dr. Carroll Van West will accompany Commissioner Whitaker on her visit to Wilson County. A Professor of History, he is also the Director of the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro.

With the photo of the Battle of Lebanon sign by the Neddy Jacobs Cabin as its lead, the Tennessee Civil War Trails map guide arrives in May in all 14 of the Welcome Centers along with towns across the state.  “Thanks to everyone’s efforts and hard work on accomplishing this task in time for the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War”, Said Ricky Rodriguez, Director of the Wilson County CVB.

Wilson County has four permanent markers on the Tennessee Civil War Trails, including the one for the Battle of Lebanon on May 5, 1862 when Union General Ebenezer Dumont and his troops were victorious over Confederate Colonel John Hunt Morgan and his soldiers.  

Wilson County will be getting ready for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, with the Sesquicentennial beginning in 2011 in America.  To obtain a copy of the new Tennessee Civil War Trails guide, please contact the Wilson County CVB or for more information, go to www.tncivilwar150.com or  www.tncivilwar.org.

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