Oldest House in Loretto

Historical marker location:

412 2nd Ave S, Loretto, Tennessee

( Marker is on 2nd Avenue South, 0.1 miles south of Millcreek Drive, on the left when traveling south.)

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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.