Photos taken January 20 & 22, 2002
State Highway 100 near Harpeth Trace Drive
The stone pillars connected by chains are not part of the shrine but make up the shrine's environment. The pillars were apparently built as part of a WPA project in a nearby city park in the 1930s but there are no clear records of their construction. The main poignant aspects of this shrine are the shattered parts apparently from the victim's vehicle and the dying or dead potted plants. Every week or two, I notice that someone has lit the candle. One time, I saw a large red pickup truck parked in the middle of the road near the shrine, emergency blinkers on, and someone doing something to the shrine. The hand-lettered sign says "I was killed by a drunk driver."