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80 years ago, the framework for the United Nations came into focus, led by Upper Cumberland native Cordell Hull UCDD Public Historian Mark Dudney said that Hull is considered the architect of the United Nations. As World War II ended, Hull and President Franklin D. Roosevelt worked toward creating a world organization that could prevent a third world war. Dudney ... Read More »

The Tennessee State Museum is celebrating 75 years of the United Nations with the help of the Friends of Cordell Hull. The Pickett County Group is lending Hull’s Nobel Peace Prize medal to the museum, as well as the first charter of the United Nations signed by Hull. Friends of Cordell Hull Treasurer Lana Rossi said Hull’s post-civil war, reconstruction ... Read More »

From the Civil War to the Great Depression to today, Clay County has had a hand in history over it’s 150 years as a county. Although the official birth date is in 1870, Historic Clay County Courthouse Curator Thomas Watson said the county was conceived in 1850. “Counties were kinda laid out as conveniences in those days,” Watson said. “Originally ... Read More »