The anniversary of an event important to both Tennessee and the nation quietly passed this past Sunday. It was the 191st anniversary of David Crockett’s leaving Tennessee for Texas. I say “David” Crockett because he didn’t let people call him “Davy” when he was alive. Nor, apparently, did he wear coonskin caps, although ten million …

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