The Cades Cove Preservation Association has graciously offered to host the Smoky Mountain Historical Society (SMHS) meeting on September 18, 2022, at the Cades Cove Museum in the Historic Thompson-Brown House. The museum is located at 1004 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN. The museum will be open from 1:PM until 4:PM. The neighboring Blount County Museum at 1006 will also be open from 1 to 4.

Please join us in a potluck picnic from 1:30 until the food is gone at about 2:30. Limited seating is available; please bring a lawn chair if you can.

This special museum opening has been extended to SMHS members, guests, and general public visitors, which are also invited to participate in the picnic and visit the museums at no charge.

If you can't join us for the picnic, please stop by and visit the museums for this rare Sunday afternoon opening. If there is any dessert leftover ...