Field Hospitals

Historical marker location:

Franklin, Tennessee

( Memorial is at the intersection of West Main Street (State Highway 246) and Columbia Avenue (U.S. 31), on the left when traveling west on West Main Street.)

Caring for the Wounded. Hood's Campaign.

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.