2012 Historically Speaking is the seventh annual volume of historical articles published in The Oak Ridger newspaper. Like others in this series, the weekly stories vary from purely historical event stories such as "The 60th Anniversary of Oak Ridge High School's first state championship" to human interest stories such as "Irvin Grosman - Artist, Art Teacher and Admired Dad." Both of these tell stories tell different aspects of Oak Ridge's history. There are stories of "Some GREAT things that happened in Oak Ridge," a six part series. Stories of Oak Ridge's CapitalMark Bank and Heritage Tourism as well as the Guest House are also included. I was pleased to capture these details of Oak Ridge history and am glad to bring them to you in this annual book form.