Lynching in America / The Lynchings of Henry and Ephraim Grizzard

Historical marker location:

Nashville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of 1st Avenue North and Union Street North, on the right when traveling north on 1st Avenue North.)

Marker installed: 2019

Community Remembrance Project.

The Great Train Robbery of 1866, one of the most famous train robberies in American history, took place in Tennessee. A group of Confederate veterans stole $90,000 from a train traveling from Nashville to Chattanooga.