When the Bristol Gas and Electric Company was purchased in 1910 the new owners donated this advertising sign. The “Mammoth Electric Sign”, measuring 60’ wide by 35’ high, was shipped by rail and dedicated on July 4 to a crowd of over 3,000 citizens. For its first five years it was perched on the top of The Interstate Hardware building until it was removed in 1915 to its present location over State Street. The original slogan read, “Push, That’s Bristol”, which was the mantra for the era’s industrial “push” that centered in Bristol. In 1921 the polish of the sign had diminished Bristol’s marketing icon when its lights would flicker “PU” That’s Bristol or “SH” that’s Bristol, and a citywide campaign chose its current slogan. In 1988 it was accepted to the National Register of Historical Places.
In 2010 this enormous structure, the Bristol Slogan Sign, marked its 100th year on the eastern end of downtown Bristol, itself straddling State Street. It has been a part of community pride and the one structure in the city that has identified Bristol’s common purpose and heritage. The message on this sign has been the marketing slogan for the city for close to 90 of those years, and considered one of the oldest community slogans in the United States. It reads, “Bristol Va – Tenn, A Good Place To Live”.

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Holiday Inn Express & Suites Abingdon by IHG

Abingdon

United States

Mary F.

NT$3,634 total

includes taxes & fees

Nov 30 - Dec 1

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Bristol Arcadia Inn

Bristol

United States

Gregory

NT$2,150 total

includes taxes & fees

Nov 30 - Dec 1

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Courtyard by Marriott Bristol

Bristol

United States

Jim

NT$3,334 total

includes taxes & fees

Dec 28 - Dec 29

Suite, 2 Queen Beds, Non-Smoking | Desk, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free cribs/infant beds

Comfort Suites Abingdon I-81

Abingdon

United States

Dan

NT$2,972 total

includes taxes & fees

Dec 7 - Dec 8

Luxury Room | In-room safe, blackout drapes, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Nicewonder Farm & Vineyard

Bristol

NT$6,271 total

includes taxes & fees

Dec 17 - Dec 18

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Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Abingdon, VA

Abingdon

United States

Tina

NT$3,137 total

includes taxes & fees

Dec 7 - Dec 8

Free daily buffet breakfast

Quality Inn & Suites Abingdon

Abingdon

United States

Joseph

NT$3,137 total

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Nov 30 - Dec 1

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Fairfield Inn & Suites Bristol

Bristol

United States

Jacqueline

NT$4,485 total

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Nov 30 - Dec 1

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