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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 2, 2020

In late August, the Niota Depot Preservation Committee held a ceremony unveiling the U.S. Post Office's new "19th Amendment: Women Vote" stamp. The group intended to live stream the event on its Facebook page but technical issues interfered with those plans. The group announced this week that a re-broadcast of the event is now available on the Facebook page of Tyler Boyd, the great-nephew of Rep. Harry Burn. Rep. Burn, who was from Niota, cast the deciding vote for Tennessee to ratify the 19th Amendment. Tyler also has written a book about his ancestor. The ceremony featured remarks by State Sen. Becky Massey, Niota Mayor Lois Preece and descendants of Burn's mother Febb Burn. Field representatives for U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn and Rep. Chuck Fleischmann also were hand.