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The only person in American history to be both an Admiral in the Navy and a General in the Army was Samuel Powhatan Carter who was born in Elizabethton, Tennessee. |
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The Alex Haley boyhood home in Henning is the first state-owned historic site devoted to African Americans in Tennessee. |
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The Tennessee capitol building was designed by noted architect William Strickland, who died during its construction and is buried within its walls. |
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