Frank Murphy interviews Frank Graffeo, Chief Executive Officer of the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center in Townsend, Tennessee, and conductor Danny Griffin, who will lead a 45-piece American brass band for the "Independence 250 Concert on the Fourth" on Saturday, July 4, 2026 at 8:00 pm in the Heritage Center’s covered amphitheater.

Admission is a suggested $10 donation to the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center, which houses a celebrated museum, a village of 18 authentic, historic homes and structures, indigenous peoples exhibits, and educational programs for children and adults. Learn more at https://gsmheritagecenter.org/event/independence-250-concert-on-the-fourth/ 

The Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center provides insightful programming, preserves history and heritage, educates and interprets, and carries out work that teaches the mind and touches the spirit. In addition to museum exhibits, there are hands-on activities for young and old, including live historic interpreters in authentic dress, authentic 19th-century buildings in a historic village and farmstead, and a significant Cherokee Native American collection.