Historical Marker
Veterans Memorial
Historical marker location:
22 Monroe St, Lexington, Tennessee
( Memorial is on Monroe Street just east of North Main Street, on the right when traveling east.)
The first known protest against British taxation in America occurred in Tennessee in 1768, more than a decade before the famous Boston Tea Party. A group of settlers in the Watauga Association signed a petition protesting the British government's attempt to impose taxes on them without their consent.