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Obion County Historical Society

Newly founded historical group for Obion County, TN. Meetings fourth Tuesday of every month.

10/24/2026

The Obion County Historical Society will be meeting Tuesday, October 27, 2026 at 6 PM at the Obion County Public Library.
Dr. David Barber, professor of history at UTM, will be the speaker. He is the author of "A Hard Rain Fell: SDS and Why It Failed", a book about the antiwar radical group the "Students for a Democratic Society" of the late 1960's. He received his doctorate from the University of California, Davis Barber also is the immediate past coordinator of the UTM Civil Rights Conference.

The Obion County Historical Society meets on the fourth Tuesday of the month (February through October). The meetings are open to the public. All interested persons are encouraged to attend.

09/15/2026

The Obion County Historical Society will be meeting Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at 6 PM in the meeting room at the Obion County Public Library. Allison Butner, the President of the Masquerade Theatre Board of Directors, will speak on the history of the Capitol Theatre.

The Obion County Historical Society meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month (February through October). The meetings are open to the public. All interested persons are encouraged to attend.

07/15/2026

The Obion County Historical Society will meet Tuesday, July 28, 2026 at 6 PM at the Obion County Public Library. Author Roberta Nee Adams of Shelbyville, TN will be the speaker and discuss her historical novel, "Rebecca's Soliloquy: A True Story" a historical novel based on a true Civil War story passed down through generations of the author's family, detailing Rebecca Moffatt's journey to rescue her Confederate husband from a Union prison in St. Louis after she secretly nursed a wounded Union officer back to health on her Tennessee farm.

The Obion County Historical Society meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month (February through October). The meetings are open to the public. All interested persons are encouraged to attend.

05/26/2026

The Obion County Historical Society meeting scheduled for tonight at 6 PM at the Obion County Public Library has been cancelled, and will be rescheduled for later in the year.

Our next meeting will be June 23 with Dr. David Coffey of UT-Martin speaking on the Battle of King's Mountain during the Revolutionary War.
The public is invited to attend.

05/19/2026

The Obion County Historical Society will meet Tuesday, May 26 at 6 PM at the Obion County Public Library. Author Roberta Nee Adams of Shelbyville, TN will be the speaker and discuss her historical novel, "Rebecca's Soliloquy: A True Story" a historical novel based on a true Civil War story passed down through generations of the author's family, detailing Rebecca Moffatt's journey to rescue her Confederate husband from a Union prison in St. Louis after she secretly nursed a wounded Union officer back to health on her Tennessee farm.

The Obion County Historical Society meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month (February through October). The meetings are open to the public. All interested persons are encouraged to attend.

04/21/2026

The Obion County Historical Society will meet Tuesday, April 28, 2026 at 6 PM at the Obion County Public Library. Raphe Whaley, past commander of Camp 176, Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV), will be the speaker. He will be speaking on the Civil War. Mr. Whaley is an Obion County native and has served with the Union City Police Department for 36 years. He graduated from UT-Martin with a degree in history.

The Obion County Historical Society meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month (February through October). The meetings are open to the public. All interested persons are encouraged to attend.

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1221 E Reelfoot Avenue
Union City, TN
38261

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