Ewingville / Alexander Ewing

Historical marker location:

405 Murfreesboro Road, Franklin, Tennessee

( Marker is on Murfreesboro Road (Tennessee Route 96) ½ mile west of Eddy Lane, 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.