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Knoxville, Tennessee: Monument to the Unknown Dead

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Address:
305 S. Kyle St., Knoxville, TN
Directions:
East side of the city. From MLK Jr Ave. turn south onto S. Kyle St. You'll see the monument ahead, on the right.
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Monument to the Unknown Dead

Tall 1937 monument marks the largest Potter's Field in East Tennessee; thousands of bodies of forgotten suicides, crime victims, and poor people.

Roadsideamerica.com Report... [04/30/2018]

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Largest Potter's Field in East Tennessee.

Monument to the Unknown Dead

Eerie place, with grave stones scattered willy nilly amongst the trees.

[Jeff Schmitz, 10/18/2022]

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