{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Lebanon, TN Good News Exchange","provider_url":"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon","author_name":"Amanda E. West","author_url":"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/author\/amandawest\/","title":"Helen McPeak: Bicentennial celebration of 1986 ignited decades of service - Lebanon, TN Good News Exchange","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"OBCUIw6Lvm\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/helen-mcpeak-bicentennial-celebration-of-1986\/\">Helen McPeak: Bicentennial celebration of 1986 ignited decades of service<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/helen-mcpeak-bicentennial-celebration-of-1986\/embed\/#?secret=OBCUIw6Lvm\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Helen McPeak: Bicentennial celebration of 1986 ignited decades of service&#8221; &#8212; Lebanon, TN Good News Exchange\" data-secret=\"OBCUIw6Lvm\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/lebanon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2025\/10\/4.png","thumbnail_width":1200,"thumbnail_height":800,"description":"ALTHOUGH TENNESSEE didn\u2019t officially join the United States until 1796, Lamar Alexander, the state\u2019s 45th governor, proposed a bicentennial celebration in 1986 to mark 200 years since the first settlements in 1786. This \u201cTennessee Homecoming \u201986,\u201d as it was called, marked 200 years of the earliest settlements being formed. In 1983, during Gov. Alexander\u2019s inaugural [&hellip;]"}