I recommend that you end your day at Arrington Vineyards. In the evening they have a bonfire. You can watch the sundown from there. The winery is owned by country star Kicks Brooks. It is not your coastal stuck up kinda experience, it is genuinely a, "Tennessee Ya'll come!" kind of experience.
Besides a wide selection of wines to taste & enjoy, they have cheese, sausages, crackers & picnic supplies.
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Delvin Farm Market could not be more conveniently located for purchasing a picnic for a trip to the vineyard across the road. It is a family place. The market building was a tobacco barn.
They carry the excellent Hatcher Family Dairy products. Located not very far from Arrington, you can know all about it from their documentary series.
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Our seasonal vegetable crops we grow on the farm are always reason to visit. Come browse our unique selection of organic farm vegetables, farm curated meats, cheeses, eggs and dairy. We stock a variety of locally made food products like … Continue »
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CIVIL WAR HISTORY
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The Pioneer Brigade & Engineers of the Army of the Cumberland were busy as beavers January / June 1863. They secured the bases at Nashville & Murfreesboro with a triangle of fortifications)+/-) 40 miles on a side.
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While you are enjoying your wine & cheese. Take a good luck at the ridge line to the northeast.
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I know this doesn't look like much, but it is the six gun battery in the lower left of the map.
Untouched, 3 miles of earthworks, including stone faced redoubts, are hiding amongst the trees.
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Similar to this bastion at near by Fortress Rosecrans, the Works at Triune held General Granger's 10,000 man Reserve Corps.
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The A of the C's Reserve Corps flags were of a singular design.
The intersection at Arrington is where Schofield's wagon trained turned north toward Nolensville & safety.
Had Hood followed closely behind Schofield's retreat, a ready made fortress lay empty. & waiting. Even Hood would have thought twice about clambering up that slope.
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Thousands of vehicles a day pass the Triune exit on I-840, half way between Murfreesboro & Franklin, Tennessee. It is also the exit for Arrington Vinyards. Sitting on the porch & sipping your wine, the view north across 840 is a vista of unbroken forested ridges as far as the eye can see. It is...
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Note: I live in Murfreesboro, feel free to contact me when you all get closer to your departure date. Springtime in Middle TN is glorious.
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My Franklin foodie friend recommended this website for "non-franchise dining" as he calls it, in Franklin.
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Come to Nashville’s neighbor for the history and charming downtown, but stay for the steaks and duck-fat fries.
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