Welcome to…
Population: 6,300,000
Entertainment: hiking, sports, bike riding
Sports: Memphis Grizzlies, Tennessee Titans, Nashville Predators
Famous Former Natives: Bill Belichick, Matt Cain, Johnny Cash, Kenny Chesney, Aretha Franklin, Morgan Freeman, Megan Fox, Al Gore, Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley
Home to: Davy Crockett, the Grand Ole Opry, Beale Street (the birthplace of blues), the Appalachian Trail, Graceland, FedEx
Random Facts: was the last state to leave the Union and join the Confederacy at the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, and the first to be readmitted to the Union at the end of the war; Memphis was home to Sun Records where Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash began their recording careers; the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville is the longest continuously running live radio program in the world and has been broadcast every weekend since 1925
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