Experience High Tea With A Side Of History At The Hermitage Hotel's Suffrage Tea Series In Nashville
By Meghan Kraft|Published August 11, 2021
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Meghan Kraft loves to travel the world, but she makes her home right here in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a degree in English, and has worked in the digital marketing realm with companies such as Apartments.com, USA Today and HarperCollins Publishing.
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The Hermitage Hotel is located in the midst of Nashville, Tennessee’s downtown region and delivers a full-blown school lesson from its architecture to its role in state history. Recently, the hotel introduced what is known as a “Suffrage Tea,” an event that highlights local women’s history and its national reverberations over sweets and treats. It’s a great experience for locals and visitors of all ages, delivering one of the best low-key examinations of a high-profile national movement.
The Hermitage Hotel in Tennessee has long been a local icon, a sign of early wealth in the city of Nashville and a historic mainstay in the heart of the city's downtown. The 1910 beaux-arts building features refined, upscale rooms and multiple eateries for visitors.
The hotel is known for its expansive beauty, with a stunningly designed interior and a view of the Tennessee State Capitol just outside its windows. Though the location's history is deep, the hotel, named for Andrew Jackson's estate, also boasts a roomy social calendar.
Every Friday through Sunday at 2 p.m. in the afternoon, the Hermitage Hotel hosts a, "For the Love of Tea" event, a simple afternoon dining experience that highlights the beginnings of the Women's Suffrage Movement.
For $75 an adult and $35 for children under the age of 10, you can gather with both visitors and locals to learn about how the suffrage movement gathered steam over themed cocktails and snacks.
You'll have the chance to learn all about this pivotal moment in history over tea sandwiches, scones, sugar cookies, and glasses of sparkling wine as well as, of course, tea. It's a once-in-a-lifetime experience that both young and old are sure to enjoy.
You will not only have the chance to learn about Tennessee's history at the Hermitage Hotel, but you'll be able to feel just as much a part of it as those pivotal, strong women back in the day.
You can find out more about the Hermitage Hotel’s Suffrage Teas series both on its official website and Facebook page. It’s an event you won’t want to miss, and one that’s bound to make a sweet memory.