The History Of Nathan Bedford Forrest Day In Tennessee
Why Tennessee Still Honors The First Grand Wizard Of The KKK
6 min readApr 9, 2023
On January 19, 2019, Republican Governor Lee became the 50th Governor of the State of Tennessee. That summer, he found one of his duties by law was to proclaim Nathan Bedford Forrest Day on July 13. Forrest was the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, founded in…
