Standing Stone Day in Monterey. Parade, Ceremony at the Stone, food, arts and crafts, music, Native American and Civil War cultural/heritage events from Downtown to Whittaker Park. Parade starts at 9 a.m. form the I-40 300 Exit on S. Holly St. Parade precedes North and turns East onto Commercial Ave. Finally ending at the Standing Stone, next to the Monterey Branch Library. Prizes will be given for floats. Ceremony at the Stone starts at 10 a.m. with the laying of the wreath and tomahawk and music. A Civil War encampment will be at the Standing Stone grounds nest to the Monterey Branch Library. At the Monterey Depot Museum, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency will have their 65th Anniversary trailer on display. Visitors are welcome to tour the exhibits for free. Train excursion tickets are on sale at the Monterey Depot Museum. Once rhea Tennessee Central Railway Museum excursion train arrives from Nashville, rhea 500 or so passengers will deboard. Those wishing to ride a six-mile round trip from the Monterey Depot Museum out to the sand plant and back can purchase tickets at the museum for only $10. > > > > > > > > > > > > The Standing Stone Monument - Monterey, TN The sandstone rock atop this lighthouse-shaped pedestal is the only known remaining fragment of the 16 ft. dog shaped monolith that stood for centuries about a half mile west of here. Nobody knows exactly how many centuries ago Indians placed the stone, which likely marked an area of peace for those who traveled and hunted along the Cumberland Plateau. Over the years, weather and souvenir seekers who would carve off a tiny piece of it almost entirely demised the stone to a height of 3 1/2 feet. Local travelers used the remnant as a hitching post until the railroad came through and blasted it to smooth out a railroad bed. Of that, the largest remaining piece was placed atop the pedestal in a ceremony in Oct. 1895. Since 1979, the town has celebrated Standing Stone Day each year on the 2nd Saturday in October. A highlight of the festival is when a wreath and tomahawk are placed at the base.
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