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Rose of Sharon (in Hebrew: חֲבַצֶּלֶת הַשָּׁרוֹן) is a biblical expression, though the identity of the plant referred to is unclear and is disputed among biblical scholars. It has become a common name for several species of flowering plants that are valued in different parts of the world.
Rose of Sharon" is a sacred choral anthem composed by William Billings. It was first published in The Singing Master's Assistant (1778) as An Anthem, Solomons Songs, Chap 2 , [ 1 ] and was subsequently published in many early American tunebooks, including The Southern Harmony and The Sacred Harp .
The Pulaski Citizen was founded in 1854 as a four page weekly. [1] It has been in continuous publication since 1866. [2]In the years after the Civil War, the paper's editor was L.W. McCord, whose brother Frank McCord was a founding member of the Ku Klux Klan. [3]
The Church of the Messiah was established in 1834. [2]Its current building was consecrated on December 11, 1887, by Bishop Charles Quintard. Earlier in the year, the setting of the building's cornerstone had been attended by more than 3,000 people, including four Episcopal bishops and a former governor of Tennessee, John Calvin Brown.
Edward Crockett Pulaski (February 9, 1866 – February 2, 1931) was a U.S. Forest Service ranger based in Wallace, Idaho. [2] Pulaski traveled west and worked as a miner, railroad worker, and ranch foreman before joining the forest service in 1908. [3] He was reputed to be, and personally claimed that he was, a collateral descendant of Casimir ...
In North America the name Rose of Sharon is applied to a species in a different order, Hibiscus syriacus. The common name of St. John's wort, which is used to describe plants of the entire genus, [9] arose from the old tradition of Hypericum plants being burned on the eve of St. John's Day, to stave off evil spirits.
Pulaski is a city in and the county seat of Giles County, which is located on the central-southern border of Tennessee, United States. The population was 8,397 at the 2020 census. [ 6 ] It was named after Casimir Pulaski , a noted Polish-born general on the Patriot side in the American Revolutionary War .
The University of Tennessee Southern (UT Southern, formerly Martin Methodist College) is a public college in Pulaski, Tennessee.Founded in 1870, for over 150 years it was a private institution until joining the University of Tennessee system in 2021.