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Elmwood Cemetery is the oldest active cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. It was established in 1852 as one of the first rural cemeteries in the South. A funeral scene in Paramount 's 1993 legal thriller The Firm was filmed here.
English: Nineteen of the many children who died at the Tennessee Children's Home Society home under the care of Georgia Tann in the early 20th century were buried in a 14x13 lot at the historic Elmwood Cemetery (Memphis, Tennessee) with no headstones. In 2015, the cemetery raised $13,000 to erect this monument to their memory.
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On July 7, 2015, the Memphis City Council unanimously voted to remove the statue of Forrest from Health Sciences Park, and to return the remains of Forrest and his wife to Elmwood Cemetery. [204] However, on October 13, 2017, the Tennessee Historical Commission invoked the Tennessee Heritage Protection Act of 2013 and U.S. Public Law 85-425 ...
The following day, Jan. 13, a Memphis Police Department officer was in the area of 6385 Winchester Road around 4:15 p.m. when he heard gunshots.
Harris's grave at Elmwood Cemetery in Memphis, Tennessee. Harris died in office on July 8, 1897. His funeral was held in the Senate chamber of the United States Capitol. Congressman Walter P. Brownlow, a nephew of Harris' old rival Parson Brownlow, was among those who delivered a memorial address in his honor. [17]
About 100 people gathered to show their support for Palestine and to call for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war during a rally on Thursday, Nov. 23, at Shelby Farms Park in Memphis.