Casey Jones Welcomes Emancipation Exhibit
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A unique museum exhibit was unveiled at Casey Jones Village. As part of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, an exhibit on emancipation called, “Free at Last” is traveling throughout the area. The display focuses on the fight for freedom in West Tennessee, where a groundbreaking contraband camp was established in Grand Junction in November 1862 and looks at the significance of emancipation as a result of the Civil War. “The slaves were free at last, they had to build communities, they had to build schools, they had to build churches, they had basically had no life of their own, so they were free at last to develop life on their own which certainly was full of challenges for these former slaves,” said Norma Taylor, historian of the Casey Jones Museum. The exhibit will be on display through March 20. Museum admission ranges from $4.50 to $6.50.
