State Bird: Mockingbird
State Flower or Tree: Tulip Poplar
Statehood: June 1, 1796, the sixteenth state
The last Confederate state to leave the Union and the first to return,
Tennessee was deeply divided during the Civil War. Tennessee Valley Authority
reflects some of the contributions made to today's America.
The state capital, at Nashville since 1826, has its state house built
almost entirely form native stone. The cornerstone was laid July 4, 1845, and
completed in 1859 at a cost of approximately 1.5 million dollars.
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