{"id":17651,"date":"2021-05-15T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/?p=17651"},"modified":"2021-05-14T16:21:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-14T21:21:18","slug":"tennessee-governor-bill-lee-oak-ridge-boys-kick-off-225-celebration-in-historic-jonesborough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/2021\/05\/15\/tennessee-governor-bill-lee-oak-ridge-boys-kick-off-225-celebration-in-historic-jonesborough\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Oak Ridge Boys Kick Off 225 Celebration in Historic Jonesborough"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-330575\" title=\"Tennessee State Government\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tennessee-State-Government-2.jpg\" alt=\"Tennessee State Government\" width=\"250\" height=\"74\">Nashville, TN &#8211; <\/strong> On Friday, May 14th, 2021, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced he will kick off Tennessee\u2019s yearlong celebration commemorating 225 years of statehood with a special musical appearance by Country Hall of Fame members The Oak Ridge Boys in downtown Jonesborough on June 1st.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Untold-Tennessee.jpg\"  class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-519565\" title=\"Untold Tennessee\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Untold-Tennessee-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Untold Tennessee\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\"><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we reflect on 225 years of statehood, I\u2019m honored to welcome the legendary Oak Ridge Boys to historic Jonesborough,\u201d said Governor Lee. \u201cThese remarkable musicians have contributed greatly to our state\u2019s heritage, and we look forward to celebrating with our fellow Tennesseans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The celebration begins at 5:30pm CT at the Washington County Courthouse on June 1st, 2021, Tennessee\u2019s 225th birthday, and will include an address from Gov. Lee followed by the Oak Ridge Boys\u2019 special performance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this year of celebrating our great state, it is an awesome honor to be invited by Gov. Lee to be a part of the very first event,\u201d said Joe Bonsall of The Oak Ridge Boys. \u201cAll of us love Tennessee, and we look forward to the event in Jonesborough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This event is free and open to the public. Tennesseans are invited to arrive early to enjoy dinner at local Jonesborough restaurants on the square and bring chairs or picnic blankets.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees are encouraged to RSVP at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GovBillLee\" >www.facebook.com\/GovBillLee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Lee will visit all three of Tennessee\u2019s grand divisions the first week of June, including stops in Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis. Additional events will be announced as they are scheduled.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and event updates, visit <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.Tennessee225.com\" >www.Tennessee225.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN &#8211; On Friday, May 14th, 2021, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced he will kick off Tennessee\u2019s yearlong celebration commemorating 225 years of statehood with a special musical appearance by Country Hall of Fame members The Oak Ridge Boys in downtown Jonesborough on June 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[12333,11976,2716,1619,549,284,261,3350,13281],"class_list":["post-17651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-leisure","tag-bill-lee","tag-jonesborough-tn","tag-knoxville-tn","tag-memphis-tn","tag-nashville","tag-nashville-tn","tag-tennessee","tag-tennessee-governor","tag-the-oak-ridge-boys"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17652,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17651\/revisions\/17652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.paristn.net\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}