@DavidSEwing

Historian, Tour Guide, History Consultant, Researcher and 9th generation Nashvillian. Founder of @thenashvilleiwishiknew on Instagram

 Nashville, Tennessee
Nashvillehistoryontour.com
Joined May 2009
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Congratulations to Nashville SC for making history today with the inaugural game at Geodis Park. #EveryoneN #Nashvillehistory
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@NashvilleSC24 Feb 2022
Nashville’s history IS Black history Ninth-generation Nashvillian and local historian @DavidSEwing shares what #BlackHistoryMonth means to Music City » nashsc.co/3LRDMwe
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Thank you Nashville SC for having me give a history tour for some Nashville SC players. #NashvilleSC #Nashvillehistory
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@NashvilleSC18 Jun 2025
"Our best days are ahead." Celebrate Juneteenth by learning about the history of Nashville with historian and 9th-generation Nashvillian David Ewing, Nashville SC club ambassador Jalil Anibaba, Dan Lovitz and Julian Gaines 📺 » bit.ly/40d2i3J
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Honoring those who marched 60 years ago on Bloody Sunday in Selma. #Selma #BloodySunday
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The remaining section of the goalpost loaded by our Nashville Fire Department and delivered to Vanderbilt. Lots of NIL money will be raised for sections of this piece of Nashville sport’s history. @NashvilleFD @VandyAD @VandyFootball #anchordown #vanderbiltgoalpost
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Nashville Fire Department retrieves the goalpost from the Cumberland River and it is being turned over to Vanderbilt where it will probably be cut up for fans for a donation for the SEC fine. @VandyAD @VandyFootball @NashvilleFD #Vanderbiltgoalpost #AnchorDown
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I’m hearing reports that the Cumberland River is experiencing low tide.
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Mourning the loss of Rev. James Lawson. Thank you for your vision, leadership and changing Nashville and American history. lasentinel.net/breaking-news…

Breaking News: Rev. James M. Lawson Jr. Passes Away - Los Angeles Sentinel

The Los Angeles Sentinel has confirmed that the Reverend James Morris Lawson Jr.  suddenly passed away this morning, June 10, from cardiac arrest.

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I love telling the hidden stories of Nashville’s Civil Rights Era. Thank you Candice.
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The biggest Nashville eclipse in the 19th century was in 1869 and most people gazed toward the sky through rose colored glass. @NashSevereWx #Eclipse tennessean.com/story/opinion… – at Nashville, TN

How 19th century Nashvillians watched a near-total eclipse

They lacked modern protective eye gear, but local newspaper call the day a 'grand success.'

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Our committee dedicated a plaque to Lutie Lytle with @freddieoconnell last week the first woman lawyer in Tennessee and Kansas, the first African American woman lawyer in the South and the first woman law professor in the U.S. #lutielytle #Nashville – at Nashville, TN
Nashville Bar Association@NashvilleBar29 Feb 2024
Yesterday we celebrated the unveiling of the Lutie Lytle Plaque and the Justice A. A. Birch Building, recognizing the incredible trailblazing life that attorney Lutie Lytle led as Tennessee's first female lawyer and the first African American woman lawyer in the South.
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1950 Nashville bus sign for African Americans who by law has to sit in back of the bus. Note a similar sign above the woman’s head on a Nashville bus designating the front for white passengers. @WeGoTransit @freddieoconnell #Nashville
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Hey, look at that. There’s new Nashville Mayor @freddieoconnell at the White House with @POTUS and other mayors.
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Thank you to the Downtown Partnership and our Ambassadors for keeping downtown clean and safe everyday. @DwntwnNashville #Nashville
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Snowy MLK Day in Nashville. @NashSevereWx #Nashville #tspotter #MLKDay
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Nashville’s first snow in 2024. #Nashville #tspotter
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100 years ago our traffic laws in Nashville required motorists to signal with their left hand out the window every time they turned or changed lanes. @NashvilleDOT
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Thank you to our Police Officers providing backpacks with supplies for the homeless before the snow and cold weather. @MNPDNashville @freddieoconnell
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Councilman now Mayor Freddie O’Connell made one of his first national interviews on CNN after the 2020 Christmas Day Bombing. Our Mayor is showing leadership in the rebuilding of historic 2nd Avenue. @freddieoconnell
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Christmas Day 1985 Scene at 6 close with Teddy Bart. Dan Miller, Demetria @genuinehumandk Bill Hall and Rudy Kalis were off. Long musical news closes are things of Christmas past. #Nashville youtu.be/4bJ_n_gHE4Q?si=bQBP… – at Nashville, TN
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On Monday Freddie O’Connell will be sworn in as Metro Nashville’s 10th Mayor by former Mayor and Judge David Briley. His grandfather Mayor Beverly Briley swore in his successor Richard Fulton in 1975. @freddieoconnell @DavidBriley #Nashville
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Congratulations @JacobKupin4D19 on your election to the Metro Council. This 1939 Nashville election certificate wording has not changed when a butcher was elected to on a platform of improve our street and alleys. I know you will take care of these too. – at Nashville, TN
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It’s official!
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