When a boy, former Secretary of the Interior, E. A. Hitchcock, 

 lived in this house and attended school in Nashville. 



When General Lafayette visited Nashville, on May 4, 1825. 

 he went first to the home of Gen. W. B. Lewis, whose old home 

 i- new being dismantled where it stands on the Lebanon pike, in 

 South Nashville. He was also entertained at the old McNairy 

 home, which stood on Summer street, where the Wilson Block 

 is now, and afterwards he dined at the Nashville Inn, which stood 

 where Richardson Brothers' store is on the north side of the 

 Public Square. 



SCENE AT WHARF 



The gun from which the initial shot of the Spanish-American 

 War was fired is located at Centennial Park. When the historic 

 shot was made the gun was on the gunboat Nashville, under the 

 command of a Tennessean, Washburn Maynard. This gun was 

 brought to Nashville at the suggestion of Miss Lucy Eastman, 

 daughter of Mr. L. R. Eastman. This gun and the old Spanish 

 .unn which was captured at Manila, May 1, 1898, now located in 

 ral Park, were secured by the Nashville Chamber of Com- 

 merce. 



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