Franklin, Tennessee to use as field hospitals. The Carter, Carnton, and the Lotz historic homes are still standing from this era, and are among the numerous examples of historic architecture in the city. After the war, there was considerable violence in Franklin and the area as whites attempted to dominate the majority-black population and assert white supremacy. In 1866 the Ku Klux Klan, a secret organization made up of insurgent white Confederate veterans, was founded in Pulaski, Tennessee. Soon it had chapters in many towns, including Franklin, as well as chapters in other states. After Tennessee authorized African Americans to vote in
Interstate 40 in Tennessee study was completed in 2008. On January 18, 2008, the Federal Highway Administration authorized the states of Mississippi and Tennessee to extend I-69 from the I-40/SR 300 interchange in north Memphis to the I-55/I-69 interchange in Hernando, Mississippi; however, Tennessee has signed the extension of the route, although Mississippi has already done so. Construction was recently completed on the I-40/I-240 interchange in East Memphis. This reconfiguration was needed since the original configuration was designed as if I-40 were to go through the center of the city along what is now Sam Cooper Boulevard. The first phase of the project replaced