Historical Marker
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Historical marker location:
110 North High Street, Waynesboro, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of North High Street and Water Street, on the right when traveling north on North High Street.)
Marker installed: 2012
Waynesboro during the Civil War.
Tennessee was the site of the first recorded manned flight in history. In 1878, a man named George Washington Pearcy flew a steam-powered aircraft over a field in Shelbyville, Tennessee.