This is one of those travelogue posts. Remember, you can click on a photo in the gallery below and it will enlarge. We did a tour of the Ryman Auditorium and the Tennessee State Museum. The Ryman started out as a church, then later became one of the world’s great entertainment venues. We did a back stage tour as well as the auditorium tour. We couldn’t take photos behind stage, but back stage is really more just changing rooms for the acts. We saw the Johnny and June Carter Cash room and the Hank Williams room. The Minnie Pearl Room is the main changing room and is reserved for the headliners. The reason it’s reserved for the headliner is that it’s the only one with a bathroom. Guess that’s why it’s for the HEAD-liner. . . groan.
Okay, this afternoon over at the museum, we walked through the ages from paleolithic to modern times. On our tour of the state capitol, we heard about the tornado that ripped out the center of the state flag. The woman that told us the story was very emotional and told us how everyone said that the tornado had ripped the heart out of Tennessee. Today, we saw the flag. Here’s the picture and, in person, it’s a shocker. The flag is about five feet by eight feet and has a perfect circle ripped out of the middle. While it seemed like the lady was being a bit melodramatic when she told the story, having seen the flag, I understand. Spooky.
And, here’s your history lesson for the day. Back in the 1800s in the days of the Long Hunters (guys who went out hunting for a year or more) they sold each deer hide that they brought back for one dollar. According to the museum, the hides became known as a “buck.” Hence the origination of the slang for a dollar.
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