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Historic Bemis, Tennessee

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
(December 1991)

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A cotton mill town constructed in 1900
“Where Industry and Friendliness Blend Into Progress”
Located off Highway 45 South, Jackson, Tennessee  38301

Home of the Bemis Mill Village Museum
(formerly The Bemis Auditorium)
An Official Project of Save America’s Treasures
2 North Missouri Street, Jackson, Tennessee 38301

For a scheduled museum tour, call:  731-424-0739 or 731-234-9813.

Our annual BEMIS HERITAGE DAYS event for 2020 has been cancelled due to COVID-19.

 

BEMIS HERITAGE DAYS 2019

Bemis Heritage Days was a great success.  We saw old friends and made new friends.  We enjoyed good music and delicious barbecue.  Mayor Jerry Gist proclaimed May 17-18, 2019, as Bemis Heritage Days; and he cut the ribbon on our new Bemis Mill Memorial Park on the site of the former Bemis Cotton Mill.  We remembered and honored our US veterans.  Story tellers shared their memories of Bemis.  Our Bemis heritage was celebrated.  Our ancestors would be proud.

SOCIAL MEDIA

Like our Facebook page:  The Bemis Museum.
https://www.facebook.com/The-Bemis-Museum-149237151757283/

MONTHLY MEETINGS

Bemis Historical Society meets the third Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. at the Bemis Mill Village Museum (February, March, April, June, July, August, September, October, November). Bemis Heritage Days is celebrated in May.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2019-2020

Chairman, Joel Jackson
Vice Chairman, Kathy Haney Williams
Secretary, Robert Gaugh
Treasurer, Anita Roark

MEMBERSHIP DUES

Annual dues are $25 for an individual or family membership.
Please continue to support the projects
of the Bemis Historical Society by forwarding dues to:
Bemis Historical Society
P. O. Box 9266
Jackson, TN 38314-9266

BEMIS MILL MEMORIAL PARK
Ribbon Cutting – May 18, 2019

BHS Chairman Joel Jackson & Councilwoman Vicky Mayo Foote
Bemis Mill Memorial Park – May 18, 2019

City of Jackson Mayor Jerry Gist & BHS Chairman Joel Jackson
Proclamation by City of Jackson, TN Mayor Jerry Gist

City of Jackson Mayor Jerry Gist – Ribbon Cutting
Ribbon Cutting by City of Jackson, TN Mayor Jerry Gist

The Cat-in-the-Bag logo is the registered property of Bemis Company, Inc. and is used with permission.  Bemis Historical Society is not directly affiliated with Bemis Company, Inc.