Putnam County's Only Public Execution

Historical marker location:

241 South Walnut Avenue, Cookeville, Tennessee

( Marker is on South Walnut Avenue just south of Proffitt Street, on the right when traveling south.)

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.