Pigeon Forge Tennessee News & Info : The Smith's Show

Pigeon Forge ready to 'Celebrate Freedom'

Ashley — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 19:28:00 GMT

The perennially award-winning festival, now in its seventh year, will be held Aug. 12-19 in Pigeon Forge, TN. This year's event promises to live up to the reputation, with events planned across the city. "Celebrate Freedom is always a great event," Pigeon Forge Department of Tourism Special Events Director Lila Wilson said. "It's such an honor to be able to pay tribute to those who help keep America free. It's so important to do that."Celebrate Freedom coincides, in part, with another Pigeon...(read more)

Vacation Destinations in Tennessee

Ashley — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 16:02:00 GMT

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee-like country music star and local girl Dolly Parton–has attained almost mythic stature. This once-sleepy east Tennessee hamlet has carved out a vacation niche as sweet as hammered chords of a mountain dulcimer.More than 11 million visitors annually cross the blue mist-covered Great Smoky Mountains in search of Pigeon Forge and all things associated with its famous songstress. Pigeon Forge (named for the nearby river and the passenger pigeons that flocked to its banks in the...(read more)