Each municipality and county of the state is authorized and empowered to erect suitable public memorials and to contract for the erection of such memorials to the services of the members of the armed forces and veterans of the various wars in which Tennesseans have fought. The memorials selected shall be in the form of any public improvement approved as hereinafter provided by the governing body of such municipality or county and may include public buildings, hospitals, schools and auditoriums (but such enumeration shall not limit the discretion of such governing body of the municipality or county in its selection of appropriate memorials).
Structure 2021 Tennessee Code
Title 58 - Military Affairs, Emergencies and Civil Defense
Chapter 4 - War Records and Memorials
§ 58-4-201. Appropriations by County Legislative Bodies
§ 58-4-202. County Monument or Building Commissioners
§ 58-4-203. Filing of Plans — Accounting for Funds
§ 58-4-204. Appropriation Limited to Work and Material
§ 58-4-205. Penalty for Misappropriation of Funds
§ 58-4-206. Municipal and County Memorials