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{{Image|Confederate monument.jpg|left|350px|Confederate monument, dating from 1900, standing on the courthouse lawn in Paris, TN, as described by the Henry County Historical Society on it's Facebook page in 2020.}} | {{Image|Confederate monument.jpg|left|350px|Confederate monument, dating from 1900, standing on the courthouse lawn in Paris, TN, as described by the Henry County Historical Society on it's Facebook page in 2020.}} | ||
'''Paris, Tennessee''' (USA) is a small town in West Tennessee that was incorporated in 1823. In recent decades, its population has hovered at around 10,000 people. | '''Paris, Tennessee''' (USA) is a small town in West Tennessee that was incorporated in 1823. In recent decades, its population has hovered at around 10,000 people. Paris is in the geographic center of Henry County, in the upper right corner of West Tennessee bordered by Kentucky (north) and the Tennessee River (east). | ||
Paris is | Paris is the county seat for Henry County and its town center, like many towns in the region, is built around an imposing [[court house]] which is now more than a hundred years old<ref>Per the [https://tennesseerivervalleygeotourism.org/entries/paris-tennessee/ec165dba-cd29-45a1-be4d-0755fe0a724a National Geographic Tennessee River Valley] website (last access on 11/30/2020), the 1897 Richardsonian Romanesque courthouse in Paris is the oldest working judicial building in West Tennessee.</ref>. Standing on the courthouse lawn is a statue which is a Confederate monument<ref>[https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm16C0_Henry_County_Confederate_Monument_Paris_Tennessee Waymarking: Henry Co. Confederate Monument, Paris, TN], last access 1/17/2021</ref> targeted for consideration of removal by the [[InvisibleHate.org]] website. | ||
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Paris, Tennessee (USA) is a small town in West Tennessee that was incorporated in 1823. In recent decades, its population has hovered at around 10,000 people. Paris is in the geographic center of Henry County, in the upper right corner of West Tennessee bordered by Kentucky (north) and the Tennessee River (east).
Paris is the county seat for Henry County and its town center, like many towns in the region, is built around an imposing court house which is now more than a hundred years old[1]. Standing on the courthouse lawn is a statue which is a Confederate monument[2] targeted for consideration of removal by the InvisibleHate.org website.
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- ↑ Per the National Geographic Tennessee River Valley website (last access on 11/30/2020), the 1897 Richardsonian Romanesque courthouse in Paris is the oldest working judicial building in West Tennessee.
- ↑ Waymarking: Henry Co. Confederate Monument, Paris, TN, last access 1/17/2021