Monday, February 25, 2013

A good place

Tennessee is on the right
and Virginia the left

The Bristol Tennessee-Virginia A Good Place to Live sign was moved to its current location in 1915 - straddling the state line.  It formerly stood atop a hardware store on the Tennessee side of town.

The original slogan -- Push!-That's Bristol -- was changed in 1921 following a slogan contest.

The sign holds over 1,300 light bulbs and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.