Guarding Springfield

Historical marker location:

Springfield, Tennessee

( Marker is on South Brown Street south of 6th Avenue, on the left when traveling south.)

The Federal Occupation.

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.