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None [1] Henry Choate was an 18-year-old African-American teenager who was lynched by a mob in Columbia, Tennessee, on November 13, 1927. [2] Choate was accused of having assaulted 16-year old Sarah Harlan, a white girl, and was taken to the Columbia jail, despite Harlan not being able to identify Choate as the attacker.
Columbia is a city in and the county seat [5] of Maury County, Tennessee. The population was 41,690 as of the 2020 United States census. [6] Columbia is included in the Nashville metropolitan area. The self-proclaimed " mule capital of the world," Columbia celebrates the city-designated Mule Day each April.
Mule Day, an annual celebration of all things related to mules, is held in Columbia, Tennessee, the self-proclaimed "Mule Capital" of the world. Begun in 1840 as "Breeder's Day", a meeting for mule breeders, it now attracts over 200,000 people [1] and takes place over four days. In addition to mules, traditional Appalachian food, music, dancing ...
On the night of February 26–27, 1946, a disturbance known as the Columbia Race Riot took place in Columbia, the county seat of Maury County, Tennessee. The national press, which covered it extensively, called it the first "major racial confrontation" after the Second World War. [1]: 8 It marked a new spirit of resistance by African-American ...
April 24, 1973. The Athenaeum Rectory is a historic building in Columbia, Tennessee that features both Gothic and Moorish architectural elements. Completed in 1837, the building originally served as the rectory for the Columbia Female Institute and as the residence of the school's first president, the Reverend Franklin Gillette Smith.
March 19, 2024 at 11:19 AM. Photo provided. A new spot for acai bowls, smoothies and more has opened in a busy Columbia retail and restaurant district. Surf’s Up Acai Bowls opened its doors ...
70000613 [1] Added to NRHP. July 8, 1970. Clifton Place is an historic plantation mansion located southwest of the city of Columbia, Maury County, Tennessee on the Mt. Pleasant Pike (Columbia highway). [2] Master builder Nathan Vaught started construction in 1838, and the mansion and other buildings were completed in 1839, for Gideon Johnson ...
The owner and chef at Publick House, the 30-year-old Columbia bar best known for its ballyhooed chicken wings, makes this observation as he carves a batch of his homemade corned beef, served daily ...