Nashville, TN – Commit Juneteenth at Nashville Zoo and understand about the persons that had been essential to the achievements of the Grassmere property on a Black record tour. No cost tours will be available just about every hour from 10:00am to 4:00pm and will satisfy at the Grassmere Historic House.
On the tour, guests will have the possibility to master about the heritage of the Zoo’s home in relation to Black heritage. Website visitors can also quit by the Zoo’s award-profitable Morton Family Show to go through about the life of the Morton relatives who lived and labored at Grassmere for many years.
Prior to the Grassmere assets was managed by the Zoo in the mid-90s, it was basically a family property and farm. From an original land grant in 1786 to today, quite a few persons have inhabited this web page, together with enslaved individuals and Black tenant farmers.

In the early 1900s, Frank Morton and his family members arrived to the Grassmere residence to stay and get the job done as tenant farmers until finally 1973 which had been crucial to the results of Grassmere.
The Morton Loved ones Show, which has now been open for 2 years, is located in the cabin where Frank Morton and his family members lived, around the Grassmere Historic House. The show showcases the value of the Morton family’s legacy and examines their marriage with white landowners Margaret and Elise Croft.
The show fosters thoughtful, transparent, and respectful thought of and conversation about our exceptionally difficult shared historical past. The multi-award-profitable exhibit is the final result of years of investigate and collaboration with Frank Morton’s descendants. The opening ceremony was held on Juneteenth in 2021 (June 19th, 2021) with a lot more than 100 of Frank Morton’s descendants in attendance.
For a lot more info on the Morton Loved ones Show, go to www.nashvillezoo.org.

About Nashville Zoo
Nashville Zoo is a nonprofit business celebrating 25 yrs at Grassmere. The Zoo is an accredited member of the Associations of Zoos and Aquariums, exemplifying the greatest benchmarks of animal care and husbandry. Nashville Zoo is actively engaged in conservation exploration, habitat safety, breeding applications, and education and learning initiatives in our backyard as very well as all over the entire world.
With assistance from the Nashville local community, donors, and sponsors, the Zoo is rated the quantity a person vacationer attraction in Center Tennessee and welcomes extra than a single million attendees each year. Nashville Zoo is positioned at 3777 Nolensville Pike just six miles south of downtown.
For more facts about Nashville Zoo, visit nashvillezoo.org.
