Marion Post No. 62

Historical marker location:

300 Elm Ave, South Pittsburg, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Elm Avenue and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Elm Avenue.)

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.