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• Battlefields and Military Parks
More Civil War battles were fought in Tennessee than in any other state besides Virginia. You can see those battlegrounds at the National Park Service-designated Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park near the Tennessee-Georgia border (706-866-9241, <www.nps.gov/chch>), Fort Donelson National Battlefield in Dover (931-232-5706, <www.nps.gov/ fodo>), Shiloh National Military Park in Shiloh (731-689-5696, <www.nps.gov/ shil>) and Stones River National Battlefield in Murfreesboro (615-893 9501, <www.nps.gov/ stri>).
• Belle Meade Plantation
5025 Harding Road
Nashville, TN 37205
(615) 356-0501
During the Battle of Nashville, Union and Confederate soldiers skirmished in the front yard of this 1853 mansion. Tour the house and the surrounding historical buildings.
• Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
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222 Fifth Ave. S.
Nashville, TN 37203
(800) 852-6437
Get the scoop on country music’s roots. The museum’s permanent exhibit, Sing Me Back Home, retraces the genre’s 19th-century origins through photos and musical artifacts.
• Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park
1245 Davy Crockett Park Road
Limestone, TN 37681
(423) 257-2167
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See a replica of the cabin where Crockett was born, a museum devoted to the King of the Wild Frontier and more.
• East Tennessee History Center
601 S. Gay St.
Knoxville, TN 37901
(865) 215-8824
This fantastic research facility hosts the Knox County Archives, Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection and the new East Tennessee Historical Society Museum.
• Great Smoky Mountains National Park
107 Park Headquarters Road
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
(865) 436-1200
Inside this beautiful park, you can visit the Mountain Farm Museum, a collection of 1800s farm buildings; the 1886 Mingus Mill; and the picturesque Cataloochee Valley.
• The Hermitage
4580 Rachel’s Lane
Hermitage, TN 37076
(615) 889-2941
President Andrew Jackson’s historic home became a museum in 1889. Tour the grounds and be sure to explore the current exhibits.
• National Civil Rights Museum
450 Mulberry St.
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 521-9699
Located at the Lorraine Motel, the site of Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination, the museum chronicles the civil rights movement and its legacy.
• Tennessee State Museum
505 Deaderick St.
Nashville, TN 37243
(800) 407-4324
Explore Tennessee history from its beginnings 15,000 years ago up to the early 1900s at this expansive museum.
• Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (TVRM)
4119 Cromwell Road
Chattanooga, TN 37421
(423) 894-8028
Take a ride on the Southeast’s largest historical railroad, and check out old rail cars parked outside TVRM’s re-created 1910 depot.
Visitor Information
• Tennessee Department of Tourist Development
William Snodgrass/Tennessee Tower
312 Eighth Ave. N., 25th Floor
Nashville, TN 37243
(800) 462-8366
Timeline
From the June 2005 Family Tree Magazine
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