Giles County Community Remembrance Project

Giles County Community Remembrance Project Local group working with the Equal Justice Initiative to raise awareness of victims of racial terror.

One of the stops during our March 29th visit to Montgomery will be the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. This tho...
03/15/2025

One of the stops during our March 29th visit to Montgomery will be the National Memorial for Peace and Justice. This thoughtfully designed memorial space is often recognized for its hanging monuments, with each one representing a single county's victims of post-Reconstruction racial terror lynching.

Yes, Giles County does have a monument here (shown in the first image in this post). Our work aims to raise awareness of the names and stories of these victims: Dan Smith, Henry Holloway, Wesley Warren, Harry Reed, Kyle Walker, & Elmo Howard.

Visit gilescountytnremembers.com to sign up for our upcoming trip to the Legacy Sites and to read the stories of what happened to Dan Smith and Elmo Howard.

Our first trip to the Legacy Sites, in October of 2023, was such a moving & provocative experience for all in attendance...
03/15/2025

Our first trip to the Legacy Sites, in October of 2023, was such a moving & provocative experience for all in attendance. We're glad to be able to make this opportunity available to our community again this year on March 29th. Visit https://www.gilescountytnremembers.com/post/2025-eji-trip to learn more and sign up for the trip!

03/12/2025

Did you know that Giles County witnessed no less than eleven lynchings between 1866 and 1908?

Do you know the names of the men who were victims of these unlawful actions? ​

The Giles County Community Remembrance Project is here to tell the stories of what happened.

We are bringing awareness and recognition to the victims of lynching in Giles County, and encouraging our community to reflect on what this history means for our identity today.

Visit gilescountytnremembers.com to learn more, join our mailing list, and connect with us!

02/20/2025

While not popularly documented until recent years, it is now known that enslaved black men made up the majority of whiskey workers during the 18th and 19th centuries.

Nathan “Nearest” Green, a former slave, was the man who taught Jack Daniel himself how to distill whiskey.

Green was a skilled distiller who specialized in sugar maple charcoal filtering (also known as the Lincoln County Process), which gave his whiskey a uniquely smooth quality. Jack Daniel became Green’s apprentice at a young age and was taught the Lincoln County Process, which differentiates the Tennessee whiskey we know today!

When the 13th amendment was ratified, Green agreed to be Jack Daniel’s Master Distiller as a free man. Today, he is rightfully recognized as Jack Daniel's first master distiller with Jack as the second.

Learn more about Green’s story at https://www.whiskeyuniv.com/g-nathan-nearest-green

EDIT: The man in this photo is George Green, Nathan Green's son. No known image exits of Nathan Nearest Green.

04/15/2024

Happy Jackie Robinson Day.

10/11/2023

We are open on this beautiful fall Monday! But please join us as we take a moment to pause and observe Indigenous People's Day (we don't know that other guy).

Before the arrival of European Settlers, this land belonged to a diverse group of indigenous tribes, with their own rich languages, cultures, and traditions.

Pulaski stands on territory traditionally claimed by the Eastern Cherokee & Chickasaw Nations.

To learn more about Indigenous People's Day, and to explore the traditional Indigenous territories, please go check out the Tribal Map Project at: https://native-land.ca/

We had a wonderful trip to Montgomery yesterday, thank you to everyone who joined us! We are looking forward to having m...
10/07/2023

We had a wonderful trip to Montgomery yesterday, thank you to everyone who joined us! We are looking forward to having more community events, so please stay tuned.
And please understand that history must be remembered to ensure a better future for all. It is not always easy, but it is always important.
Thank you to the Equal Justice Initiative for doing the necessary work.

10/06/2023

Hello Friends! Just a heads up: We will be closed on Friday, October 6, as we are headed out of town for a special event with the Giles County Community Remembrance Project 🥰.

Drop by and see us Thursday, or we will see you on Saturday!

Come join us on our first group trip/event to Montgomery, AL!Details and how to sign up are below.https://bit.ly/3r2iPZX
09/08/2023

Come join us on our first group trip/event to Montgomery, AL!
Details and how to sign up are below.
https://bit.ly/3r2iPZX

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