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President:  Andrew Jackson
Date(s) and Start Point: October 25, 2008 — Elizabethton
Sponsoring Club:  AVA-0046, Asheville Amblers
Website for Event Information:  http://www.ava.org/gen3/data/event_details.asp?eventid=81643
History Lesson:  The trail passes the location of the tavern where Andrew Johnson took his last drink. Later that night, at his daughters house (also on trail), he died from a stroke.
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President:  James Polk
Start Point: Nashville - 10km Walk (YR1364); Jan 1-Dec 31
Sponsoring Club:  AVA-0020, Tuck-A-See Wanderers
History Lesson:  Trail takes you by the State Capitol, Ryman Auditorium, Music Row, Fort Nashborough, Printers Alley, Bicentenial Mall and much more. James Polk is buried on the grounds of the Tennessee capital (just north of the capital building) .
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Updated August 4, 2008