Union Station Train Depot

Historical marker location:

211 Depot Street, Columbia, Tennessee

( Marker is on Depot Street east of South High Street, on the right when traveling east.)

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.