Private Swap - Tennessee

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Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,214,888 and covers 109,220 km2. Tennessee's capital and second largest city is Nashville. It was admitted to the Union as the 16th state on June 1, 1796. Tennessee has seen some of the nation's worst racial strife, from the formation of the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski in 1866 to the assassination of Martin Luther King in Memphis in 1968. In the early 1940s, Oak Ridge, Tennessee was established to house the Manhattan Project's uranium enrichment facilities, helping to build the world's first atomic bomb.

Beale Street in Memphis is considered by many to be the birthplace of the blues. Memphis was home to Sun Records, where musicians such as Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash and began their recording careers, and where rock and roll took shape in the 1950s. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation's most visited national park. Other major tourist attractions include Elvis Presley's Graceland and the Tennessee Aquarium. (source)escanear0013 Thank you Whitney!

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