WDIA

Historical marker location:

Memphis, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Union Avenue and S November 6th St. Or Gen Washburns Escape Alley, on the left when traveling east on Union Avenue.)

The Goodwill Station.

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.