November 30th, 2024 marks the 160th anniversary of the Battle of Franklin. Volunteers helped set up ten thousand luminaries at the historic Carter House and Carnton plantation.

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (WKRN) —Williamson County is a place layered with history and the Battle of Franklin Trust is both resurrecting the past and while preserving the past.

The Battle of Franklin took place Nov. 30, 1864, with nearly 20,000 Confederate soldiers in the Army of Tennessee, under Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood, fighting a similar number of federal troops ...

The McGavock house, built in 1826, was restored to look as it would have during the time of the battle, which destroyed one-third of the Army of Tennessee during a single day in November 1864.

The Carter House, a historic farm built in 1830 that landed at the center of the Battle of Franklin, is getting an $8.5 million makeover with a new visitor's center. A groundbreaking event will be ...

They built these huge homes as a symbol of wealth and power,” explained Eric Jacobson, CEO of the Battle of Franklin Trust, a non-profit organization that manages historic sites in Middle Tennessee.

A group of Williamson County residents came forward on Monday asking county commissioners to draft a new resolution to request a waiver from the Tennessee Monuments and Memorial Commission to change ...