Talk:Paris, Tennessee

Obviously, this is not encyclopedic

Although I do hope to reference things more, this is obviously not a typical encyclopedia article, and no such thing is needed, because it exists already in WIkipedia. No, this is more an essay or labor of love, but not, I hope, without unique information or merit. I hope for this article to be tended by everyday people who lived in, or are closely associated with, Paris, TN. It is my wish that this article will grow without hype or interference from the Chamber of Commerce, Lion's Club, Kiwanis Club, the Women's Club, Daughters of the American Revolution, the Masonic lodge, the Shriners, the Ku Klux Klan, the Farmer's co-op, industry, the school boards, the police, the hospital, the sheriff, the mayor, the county commissioners or any member of the club of any sort, or of the government. It's not that I disapprove of any of those groups--quite the contrary--but those organizations have long thrived within a culture that has, in my view, failed to provide an adequate reporting of, or history of, my home town. It being 2020, I want to talk about the elephants in the room. I want to look at the hard questions and uncover the past as it really was for everyday people, including the good, the bad, the ugly.Pat Palmer (talk) 18:02, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

Key Sources, besides our memories, will be:

• In The West Tennessee Historical Society Papers, 1979, “Antebellum Henry County” by Roger Raymond Van Dyke

Reminders, seriously missing stuff

• Rabies, Polio, Vietnam, MLK, pol. parties, blue laws, Iraq War