Field Trip Opportunity to Spencer, TN for the Burritt College Alumni Reunion

The Burritt Alumni Association is hosting its annual reunion this Saturday, September 8th at 11:00 AM on former campus of Burritt College in Spencer, Tennessee.  The alumni association is inviting family and friends or anyone with an interest in Burritt's history. $10.00 membership dues can be paid at the reunion and if you partake of the meal that is an additional $15.00.  The Burritt Alumni Association maintains a Facebook page where you can find additional information.

The Chattanooga Times Free Press published an interesting short historical sketch by Jerry Summers, "Burritt College -- Pioneer of the Cumberlands," that was published September 4, 2016.  The college operated from 1848-1939.  Summers notes that a Tennessee state commemorative marker at the site reads that Burritt College was "established in 1848 through the efforts of Elihu Burritt, a blacksmith who intended that the youth of his community should get the benefits of education denied to him."