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3 TENNESSEE-VOLUNTEER STATE
150TH ANNIVERSARY OF STATEHOOD
JUN 1
1796
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1946
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Anniversary of
TENNESSEE
THE TERRITORY THAT COMPRISES THE PRESENT STATE OF TENNESSE WAS
SETTLED IN 1757 AS A PART OF A CROWN GRANT TO THE COLONY OF NORTH
CĂROLINA... IN 1784 IT WAS CEDED TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE INHABIT-
ANTS ORGANIZED A GOVERNMENT WHICH THEY CALLED THE STATE OF FRANKUN
OR "FRANKLAND AETER THREE YEARS THIS STATE CEASED TO EXIST AND THE
AREA REVERTED TO NORTH CAROLINA. IN 1790 IT WAS AGAIN CEDED AS A
PART OF THE TERRITORY SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER".TENNESSEE ENTERED.
THE UNION AS THE SIXTEENTH STATE ON JUNE I, 1796.
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