Historic Shrines of America

Paul Revere's house, Faneuil Hall, the Craigie House where Longfellow wrote, a hundred more — an American pilgrimage told building by building, when many of these places were still fighting to survive.

The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee

4 shrines in this part of Historic Shrines of America.

The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee

The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee: Jackson

For fifteen years Mr. and Mrs. Jackson lived in a log cabin. But they maintained a large establishment. They had their slaves, and they…

The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee: Cartwright

Peter Cartwright, the famous pioneer preacher, told in his Autobiography an incident that revealed the General's nature. Cartwright was…

The Hermitage, Nashville, Tennessee: Church

Edgar came, he asked to be admitted to the Church.

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