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📅 Thursday, June 25, 2026 🕐 7:00pm – 9:00pm 📍 Johnson City Family / Kids
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📍 Jackson Theatre — 121 W Main St, Jonesborough, TN, 37659
Join the Jackson Theatre and the McKinney Center for a series of programs celebrating local history and America’s 250th birthday. Tales of Our 250th includes skits, historians, re-enactors, musicians, and much more in a tapestry of Jonesborough stories and community history. These events will run June-October and start at 7:00 pm.
Each evening will include a scene or scenes from the original play The First and Last Town in Tennessee, written by Anne G’Fellers-Mason, which premiered earlier this year at the McKinney Center and was featured in The New York Times. Join Jonesborough historian Paul Fink, portrayed by Tim Herron, as he walks you through the big and small moments that make Jonesborough an important part of the American story.
This evening will explore historic preservation in Jonesborough with a presentation by Dr. William Kennedy and a performance by The Ozone Rangers.
Presented by The Jackson Theatre and The McKinney Center.
Pay What You CanThe Jackson Theatre121 W. Main StreetJonesborough, TN 37659
Reserve your seats at:thejacksontheatre.com
This programming is supported in part by the Tennessee Commission for the United States Semiquincentennial, with additional support from the Historic Jonesborough Arts Foundation.
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