Here’s what’s happening this week in the Chattanooga area.
Presidents Day remembrance
For Presidents Day, the Tennessee State Museum in Nashville is highlighting James Knox Polk, the 11th president of the United States, who served from 1845 to 1849. Polk, for whom East Tennessee’s Polk County is named, had previously served in the Tennessee House of Representatives, U.S. House of Representatives and as Tennessee governor. “Forging a Nation,” one of the museum’s permanent exhibits, details Polk’s alliance with Andrew Jackson, his presidential platform favoring westward expansion and his support of the Mexican-American War. By the end of his term, Polk had overseen the largest territorial expansion in American history and inspired the ideology of manifest destiny, which reshaped the country. The museum, at 1000 Rosa L. Parks Blvd., also has a temporary exhibit on the Marquis de Lafayette, the French aristocrat for whom LaFayette, Georgia, is named, through June 15. Find out more at tnmuseum.org.
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