On March the 6th. Knoxville College will hold its 110th Founders Day Celebration. The school was founded by Reverend Joseph Gillespie McKee. a Presbyterian minister who came to the United States from Ireland in It was during the American Civil War that Mr. McKee settled in Nashville. Tennessee and organized the school for black people. East Tennessee was settled primarily by very poor Irish and ScotsIrish immigrants and in 1875 the school was moved from Nashville to Knoxville. Tennessee. where it stands today. Thousands of graduates have gone on to serve our country and communities well in their chosen fields.
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