Chattanooga Civil War Show & Sale at Camp Jordan Arena

American Digger Events is proud to announce the second annual Chattanooga Civil War Show & Sale, July 27 & 28, 2019 to be held at the Camp Jordan Arena in East Ridge, Tennessee.

Over 200 tables of Civil War relics (including muskets and swords), WWI and WWII items, Native American artifacts, old coins and newspapers, artwork, metal detectors, books, and more will be on display to the public, with many items available for purchase. Buyers will also be set up at this event and many offer free appraisals of items brought in by the public.

We invite reporters, journalists, and film crews to come see America’s history as they have never seen it before. We promise you’ll walk away with a certain awe as you meet and talk with those who have a true passion for history as it relates to the present day. Media with proper credentials will be admitted free.

The event will be open to the public July 27 & 28, with Saturday hours 9-5 and Sunday 9-3. Admission is $10 for adults, with kids under 12 free (if accompanied by an adult). More about this event can be found at http://americandigger.com/american-digger-events/, or by calling 770-362-8671.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.

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