Lookout Mountain

Historical marker location:

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Lookout Mountain Scenic Highway (Tennessee Route 148) and Jo Conn Guild, on the right when traveling north on Lookout Mountain Scenic Highway.)

Marker installed: 2007

American Revolutionary War Battle.

The city of Memphis, Tennessee, was the site of the assassination of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. The Lorraine Motel, where Dr. King was staying, is now the National Civil Rights Museum.