Tennessee is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Tennessee is the 36th largest and the 16th most populous of the 50 United States. Tennessee is bordered by Kentucky to the north, Virginia to the northeast, North Carolina to the east, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi to the south, Arkansas to the west, and Missouri to the northwest. It achieved statehood in 1796. It was a slave state, and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, although the east of the state supported the Union. The Appalachian Mountains dominate the eastern part of the state, and the Mississippi River forms the state's western border. Memphis is its largest city, and Nashville is its capital. Its state government is controlled by the Republican Party, and Bill Lee is its governor.
Quotes
- Young Buck, it's a Tennessee thing!
- Paul Beauregard, "Stay High" (2005), Most Known Unknown, Columbia Records
- I met Dolly Parton in Tennessee; her titties were filled with Hennessy. That country music really drove me crazy, but I rode that ass and said, "Yes, Miss Daisy!"
- Joseph Foreman, "Crazy Rap" (2000), Sell Your Dope, Colorado: T-Bones Records
- Young Buck, we don't give a fuck. We must represent this Tennessee; we drink a whole lot of Hennessy.
- Marlon Goodwin, "Stay High" (2005), Most Known Unknown, Columbia Records
- Alabama's gotten me so upset/Tennessee made me lose my rest/And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam
- Nina Simone "Mississippi Goddam" (1964)
- It was like dying and going to hell, except a little hotter and a little sticky gear. July in Tennessee was not the ideal weather in which to fight in a barrel.
- Harry Turtledove, The Great War: Breakthroughs (2000), Chapter 16, (ISBN 0-345-40563-3, p. 363)
- This is devastating news and our hearts are broken for the families of those who lost loved ones. The city stands ready to help them in their time of grief.
- Joe Pitts, Nashville’s mayor according to Tennessee: At least six dead as tornadoes rip through state (9th December 2023) + video
External links
Encyclopedic article on Tennessee on Wikipedia