Hit Hard By War, Tenn. Towns Lend Support

Small Tenn. Towns Find Big Ways To Honor War's Dead, Support Injured Servicemen

A decade of fighting has claimed the lives of more than 130 members of the military who called Tennessee home, and the loss has felt especially keen in the state’s smaller communities.

In towns of less than a thousand residents and affluent bedroom communities, the neighbors of those killed or wounded in Afghanistan and Iraq have proudly found ways to memorialize and recognize their hometown heroes.

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