For over a decade, the white supremacist American Renaissance Conference (AmRen) has been held every year at Montgomery Bell State Park in Burns, TN, 45 minutes from Nashville. Last week, they announced plans to hold the next one during the weekend of Nov. 15-17 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The American Renaissance Conference is associated with violent racists and events throughout the U.S. For over twenty years, the worst fascists in the country and even internationally have gathered there, including Richard Spencer, who promoted the deadly Charlottesville Unite the Right rally as something that would be \u201ctraumatic to the liberals of Charlottesville\u201d at their 2017 conference, held just two weeks before that tragic event. Thomas Rousseau, the leader of the neo-fascist Patriot Front who marched in Nashville on July 4 and once provided security for the AmRen Conference, is currently facing charges<\/a> for his activity during the Charlottesville rally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Two years ago during its conference members of the neo-fascist Proud Boys attempted to attack those protesting the event, the first time they ever made an appearance during the conference. Their onetime leader Henry \u201cEnrique\u201d Tarrio, who is serving 22 years in federal prison after being convicted on sedition charges stemming from January 6, participated in the Charlottesville rally as did several other Proud Boys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n