Lake County Tennessee is located in the far northwest corner of the state bordered on the west by the Mississippi River, on the north by Fulton County Kentucky, on the east by Obion county, Reelfoot Lake, and on the east and south by Dyer county.  Mostly flat it contains approximately 104,950 acres of land and about 15,000 acres in lakes.  The county was created in 1870 out of Obion County and named for Reelfoot Lake, which was created by the 1811-12 New Madrid earthquakes.  Tiptonville is the county seat. Lake County’s most famous son is Carl Perkins, the King of…

This is the day our nation remembers its sons and daughters who died while in the military service.  Although celebrated since 1866, it didn’t become a national holiday until 1967.  First called Decoration Day, it’s alternative name, Memorial Day, was first used in 1882. Commemoration takes many forms: placing flags on military graves, a moment of remembrance nationwide, the flying of flags at half-mast, parades honoring the dead and the veteran, a national concert, picnics, family gatherings, and sporting events such as the running of the Indianapolis 500.  The Veterans of Foreign Wars sell paper poppies to promote remembrance; John…