Historical Marker

First Factory

Historical marker location:
303 Vine St, Loretto, Tennessee
( Marker is on Vine Street west of 2nd Avenue South, on the right when traveling west.)

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.