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TENESSEE

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Area: 109.247 sq km

Population: around 6.400.000 Capital: Nashville

Largest city: Memphis

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Nashville

Population: 635,710

Industries: Health care

Music

Car manufacturing

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Attractions

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Over 3,000 stage costumes, original songmanuscripts and musical instruments

Many of the personal items of musiclegends are on display including Elvis'solid gold Cadillac.

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Frist Center for the Visual Arts

Interactive ArtQuest gallery with 30 artmaking and art learning stations

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Memphis

Population: 646,889 Area: 313.8 sq mi

Home of country music

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Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, ElvisPresley, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison,Booker T. & the M.G.'s, Otis Redding,Isaac Hayes, Sam & Dave and B.B. Kingall got their start in Memphis in the

50s/60s.

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Graceland, the former home of musiclegend Elvis Presley, is one of the mostvisited houses in the United States .Featured at Graceland are two of Presley'sprivate airplanes, his extensive automobile

and motorcycle collection and other Elvismemorabilia.

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Blues fans can visit Beale Street, whichused to be the center of the Blackcommunity, where a young B.B. King usedto play his guitar. Street performers playlive music, and bars and clubs feature live

entertainment until dawn.

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Theme parks and water parks

Nashville Shores

Eight waterslides, three pools, KayakCove, an Aqua Park, thousands of feet of

white, sandy beach

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Dollywood

Dollywood, The Smoky Mountain FamilyAdventure, is Tennessee's number one

Incredible rides, spectacular shows,heritage crafts and fun for the wholefamily.

There's a new festival each season.

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Flag

The three stars on the flag represent the threedifferent land forms in Tennessee. Mountains in

the east, highlands in the middle and lowlands inthe west. On the flag these regions are boundtogether in an unbroken circle. The field iscrimson with a blue background for the stars.

The final blue strip relieves the sameness of thecrimson field and prevents the flag from showingtoo much crimson when it is limp.

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Laws

It is illegal to use a lasso to catch a fish.

It is illegal for a woman to call a man for adate.

In front of their buildings, all businessesmust have a "hitching post."

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No one may eat ice cream on thesidewalk.

Stealing a horse is punishable by hanging.

You can't shoot any game other thanwhales from a moving automobile.

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In Memphis, Tennessee Frogs are notallowed to croak after 11pm.

It is illegal to dare a child to purchase a

beer.