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Saturday is National Medal of Honor Day. That morning, at 11 AM, the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center here in downtown Chattanooga will hold its quarterly Bricks of Valor ceremony.

On Saturday, here in Chattanooga, writer and visual artist Gabrielle Bates appears at two events hosted by the Meacham Writers’ Workshop, a biannual series of events for writers supported in part by our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Valoria Armstrong on inclusion and diversity at Unum. Cempa Community Care’s Miles Huff on Strides of March. By design: The Healing Gardens at Siskin Hospital. “Howard Finster Before He Painted” At Paradise Garden. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

Unum - an insurance giant and a Fortune 500 company - marks its 175th anniversary this year. One of its newest employees: Valoria Armstrong, who joined Unum as its chief global inclusion and diversity officer.

Strides of March - nearly 30 years old - supports the work of Cempa Community Care here in Chattanooga. This year’s fundraiser and awareness walk is on Saturday from Noon to 2 PM at Renaissance Park.

Gardens can heal and calm - mind, body and soul. Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation plans to build a series of therapeutic gardens on its campus in downtown Chattanooga.

Before Howard Finster became a folk artist who caught the world’s attention with a mission to “paint sacred art,” he was a woodworker. An exhibition now at Paradise Garden Foundation in Summerville, Georgia captures that era of Finster's life.

Ellen Gerst, reporter for The Chattanooga Times Free Press. Reed Caldwell on this year’s Youth Talent Show at Songbirds. Sarah Moore on the upcoming 4 Bridges Arts Festival. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

What does it take to restore the voting rights of a person who has served a sentence for a felony conviction here in Tennessee? Ellen Gerst is a reporter for The Chattanooga Times Free Press.

Opportunities to showcase young musicians how music is deeply woven into the cultural fabric of this city. - and next month, the Songbirds Foundation will host its Youth Talent Show: Friday, April 21st at the Songbirds Guitar and Pop Culture Museum.