Downtown Memphis in Shelby County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Let Freedom Ring
Photographed by Steve Masler, April 4, 2018
1. Let Freedom Ring Marker
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Let Freedom Ring. . For someone to choose this country and live through 17 U.S. Presidents is amazing. Eugene Magevney was born in 1798 in Ireland. He must have heard the call of freedom from America as a child while our nation was still in its infancy and John Adams was just taking over the presidency from George Washington. And it must have been destiny that Mr. Magevney began his long productive life as an Irish immigrant in America living in a simple house located on a well established street in Memphis named for that same President Adams. Eugene Magevney surely was influenced by every U.S. president up to Ulysses S. Grant. The difficulties of 19th century life and the irony of families choosing freedom for themselves, yet denying it to others by purchasing slaves is baffling. "Let Freedom Ring" explores one family's 19th century thru the comparison of heirloom fruits, politics, and life events. , , A generous grant from The Financial Group and National Garden Clubs, Inc. Allowed Kennedy View Garden Club, a member of Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., District 1, to do the project in the years 2005-2007
For someone to choose this country and live through 17 U.S. Presidents is amazing. Eugene Magevney was born in 1798 in Ireland. He must have heard the call of freedom from America as a child while our nation was still in its infancy and John Adams was just taking over the presidency from George Washington. And it must have been destiny that Mr. Magevney began his long productive life as an Irish immigrant in America living in a simple house located on a well established street in Memphis named for that same President Adams. Eugene Magevney surely was influenced by every U.S. president up to Ulysses S. Grant. The difficulties of 19th century life and the irony of families choosing freedom for themselves, yet denying it to others by purchasing slaves is baffling. "Let Freedom Ring" explores one family's 19th century thru the comparison of heirloom fruits, politics, and life events.
A generous grant from The Financial Group and National Garden Clubs, Inc. Allowed Kennedy View Garden Club, a member of Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., District 1, to do the project in the years 2005-2007
Location. 35° 8.848′ N, 90° 2.891′ W. Marker is in Memphis, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is in Downtown Memphis. It is on Madison Ave. just west of B.B. King (Tennessee Route 14), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 198 Adams Ave Memphis TN 38103, Memphis TN 38103, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Upper South, in the Mississippi Delta, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on April 4, 2018, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 491 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on April 4, 2018, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
