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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. SCAPTN_140529_015.JPG: Alvin C. York Armed with his rifle and pistol, his courage and skill this one Tennessean silenced a German battalion of 35 machine guns killing 25 enemy soldiers and capturing 132 in the Argonne Forest of France, October 8, 1918.
2. SCAPTN_140529_025.JPG: We must never forget! The people of Tennessee dedicate these six trees as a living memorial to the six million innocent Jewish victims of the Nazi Holocaust. 1939 -1945 Let all the generations remember ... so that a Holocaust shall never again occur. May 5, 1986, in the Days of Remembrance. Governor Lamar Alexander Commission on the Commemoration of the Holocaust
3. SCAPTN_140529_027.JPG: Andrew Johnson 1808=1875 17th President of the United States of America 1865-1869
4. SCAPTN_140529_052.JPG: The mortal remains of James Knox Polk, are resting in the vault beneath. He was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and emigrated with his father Samuel Polk to Tennessee in 1806. The beauty of virtue was illustrated in his life; The excellence of Christianity was exemplified in his death. Sarah Childress Wife of James Knox Polk 1803 – 1891 His life was devoted to the public service. He was elevated successively to the first places in the State and Federal Governments. A member of the General Assembly, a member of Congress and Chairman of the most important Congressional Committees: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Governor of Tennessee and President of the United States.
5. SCAPTN_140529_058.JPG: Holy Rosary Cathedral Near here in 1820 the first Catholic Church in Tennessee was built by Irish Catholic workers then building a bridge over Cumberland River. In 1830 a brick structure known as Holy Rosary Cathedral succeeded the frame building. Here Bishop R. P. Miles, first Bishop of Tennessee was installed Oct. 15, 1838. When St. Mary's Cathedral was built in 1847, Holy Rosary Church became St. John's Hospital & Orphanage. The site was sold to the state in 1857.
6. SCAPTN_140529_067.JPG: Andrew Jackson
7. SCAPTN_140529_070.JPG: James Knox Polk
8. SCAPTN_140529_074.JPG: Andrew Johnson
9. SCAPTN_140529_101.JPG: John Sevier 1745-1815 Patriot in the Revolutionary War First Governor of Tennessee 1796-1801 and 1803-1809 State Senator 1809-1811 U.S. Congressman 1811-1815
10. SCAPTN_140529_117.JPG: James Knox Polk 1795-1849 President of the United States 1845=1849 Governor of Tennessee 1839-1841 Congressman -- Speaker of the House -- Champion of Westward Expansion
11. SCAPTN_140529_124.JPG: Andrew Jackson 1767-1845 President of the United States 1829-1837 Hero of the Battle of New Orleans 1815 Soldier -- Statesman Outstanding citizen of Tennessee
12. SCAPTN_140529_132.JPG: Admiral Albert Gleaves 1858-1937 Albert Gleaves From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Albert Gleaves (January 1, 1858 – January 6, 1937) was an decorated admiral in the United States Navy, also notable as a naval historian.
13. SCAPTN_140529_152.JPG: 19th Amendment Woman Suffrage by Alan LeQuire 1997
14. SCAPTN_140529_160.JPG: 14th and 15th Amendments African American Citizenship and Male Suffrage by Jin Huang Powell 2000
15. SCAPTN_140529_168.JPG: Sampson W. Keeble
16. SCAPTN_140529_172.JPG: Lieutenant General Nathan Bedford Forrest 1821-1877 Confederate States Army
17. SCAPTN_140529_182.JPG: David Glasgow Farragut 1801-1870 First Admiral United States Navy
18. SCAPTN_140529_190.JPG: Cordell Hull A great Tennessean Member of the State Legislature Captain Fourth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry 1898-1899 Circuit Judge Representative in Congress United States Senator Secretary of State Wise counselor of his country. Champion of justice, fair dealing and freedom for individuals Building of international peace and order under law. World statesman A Great American
19. SCAPTN_140529_275.JPG: Alfred Alexander Taylor 1848-1931 Congressman Governor
20. SCAPTN_140529_280.JPG: Carmack's Pledge To The South The south is a land that has known sorrows; It is a land that has broken the ashen crust and moistened it with tears; A land scarred and riven by the plowshare of war and billowed with the graves of her dead; But a land of legend, A land of Song, A Land Of Hallowed and heroic memories. To that land every drop of my blood, ever fibre of my being, every pulsation of my heart, is consecrated forever. I was born of her womb; I was nurtured at her breast; and when my last hour shall come, I pray God that I may be pillowed upon her bosom and rocked to sleep with her tender and encircling arms.
21. SCAPTN_140529_333.JPG: "Asleep in Jesus" Sarah Childress Polk, wife of James Knox Polk. Born in Rutherford County, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1803, Died at Polk Place, Nashville, Tenn., August 14, 1891. A noble woman, a devoted wife, a true friend, a sincere Christian. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord... By his public policy he defined, established and extended the boundaries of his Country. He planted the laws of the American Union on the shores of the Pacific. His influence and his Counsels united to organize the National Treasury on the principles of the Constitution, and to apply the rule of Freedom to Navigation, Trade and Industry.
22. SCAPTN_140529_342.JPG: "Asleep in Jesus" Sarah Childress Polk, wife of James Knox Polk. Born in Rutherford County, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1803, Died at Polk Place, Nashville, Tenn., August 14, 1891. A noble woman, a devoted wife, a true friend, a sincere Christian. "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord...
23. SCAPTN_140529_345.JPG: His life was devoted to the public service. He was elevated successively to the first places in the State and Federal Governments. A member of the General Assembly, a member of Congress and Chairman of the most important Congressional Committees: Speaker of the House of Representatives, Governor of Tennessee and President of the United States.
24. SCAPTN_140529_349.JPG: By his public policy he defined, established and extended the boundaries of his Country. He planted the laws of the American Union on the shores of the Pacific. His influence and his Counsels united to organize the National Treasury on the principles of the Constitution, and to apply the rule of Freedom to Navigation, Trade and Industry.
25. SCAPTN_140529_352.JPG: The mortal remains of James Knox Polk, are resting in the vault beneath. He was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina and emigrated with his father Samuel Polk to Tennessee in 1806. The beauty of virtue was illustrated in his life; The excellence of Christianity was exemplified in his death. Sarah Childress wife of James Knox Polk 1803-1891
26. SCAPTN_140529_398.JPG: Sam Davis
27. SCAPTN_140529_404.JPG: Lest we forget: The Middle Passage c. 1444-1860 Let this scarlet oak represent the strength and resilience of people of African descent, and commemorate Africans who died in The Middle Passage, the leg of the Atlantic Triangle in which upwards of 100 million Africans were transported as human cargo from the continent of Africa to the Americas. Estimates of one third to one half of those captured to be enslaved in the Americas died on the slave ships. The deaths were due to the inhumane way the Africans were treated, chained together skin-to-skin, no room to move, in the bowels of slave ships, where pestilence ran rampant, and due to ongoing resistance. African-Americans living and working as productive citizens in the U.S. represent/honor Africans who survived the deadly voyage. Those stolen from their homelands only to lose their lives in what is known as the Maafa deserve to be remembered, so that no atrocity like it occurs again in human history. Governor Don Sundquist July 1999 TN Legislative Black Caucus
28. SCAPTN_140529_411.JPG: Sam Davis of Tennessee Born October 6, 1842, near Murfreesboro, Tenn. Educated at the Western Military Institute at Nashville. Early in the Civil War he joined the Confederate Army Company I, First Tennessee Regiment. In 1863 he was assigned to Shaw's Scouts, Cheatham's Division. In November, 1863, when on duty, uniformed in Confederate butternut and grey, Davis was captured in his native state, then within the Federal lines, important papers, descriptive of the Federal fortifications and forces, were found upon his person. These papers had been given Davis by Captain Shaw who had also been captured and was confined in the same prison. Davis was tried by court-martial, condemned to death and executed at Pulaski, November 27. The Federal commander offered Davis his life, if he would tell who gave him the papers. To this offer, under the very shadow of the gallows, Davis made his immortal reply: "I would die a thousand deaths, before I would betray a friend." "Greater love hath no man than this -- That a man lay down his life for his friends."
29. SCAPTN_140529_431.JPG: Sam Davis When the Lord calls up Earth's heroes, To stand before His face. O, many a name, unknown to fame Shall ring from that high place; Then out of a grave in the Southland At the just God's call and beck, Shall one man rise with fearless eyes, With a rope around his neck; O Southland; bring your laurels. And add your wreath, O North: Let glory claim the hero's name And tell the world his worth. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
30. SCAPTN_140530_010.JPG: Tennessee State Capitol Designed by William Strickland, noted Philadelphia architect who also designed the tower of Independence Hall. Construction was commenced in 1845 and completed 1859. Strickland died in 1854 and is entombed in the north portico. His son Francis, supervised construction from 1854 to 1857. Slaves and convicts quarried and transported limestone for the Capitol, which was used as a fortress during the Civil War. President and Mrs. James K. Polk are buried on the east lawn.
Wikipedia Description: Tennessee State Capitol
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Tennessee State Capitol, located in Nashville, Tennessee, is the home of the Tennessee legislature, and the location of the governor's office. It was designed by Philadelphia architect William Strickland, who modeled it after a Greek Ionic temple. The building was constructed over a period of ten years from 1845 to 1855. Strickland died a year before the building's completion and was entombed in its northeast wall. His son, F. W. Strickland, supervised completion of the structure.

Monuments:
Monuments on the capitol grounds include statues of Andrew Jackson and Andrew Johnson, and the tomb of James K. Polk, honoring the three Tennessee natives who served as President of the United States, as well as the Charles Warterfield Reliquary, a group of broken limestone columns and fragments.
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