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October 9, 2009

Tennessee State Capitol steeped in history

  • Imposing slave-built structure, copied from a Greek temple, turns 150 this year.
    • By JOE EDWARDS
    Associated Press Writer

    Photo by Cynthia Tanksley [enlarge]
    The Tennessee State Capitol, on the right, sits on a hill overlooking downtown Nashville. The War Memorial Building, completed in 1925, is on the left.

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. — In this city of songs and sequins, it's not a honky-tonk. Or a recording studio. Or a Grand Ole Opry guitar.


     
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