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A must-see in Chattanooga for tourists and locals alike is the Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge. Known as \u201cThe Walking Bridge\u201d by Chatta<\/span>nooga natives, as you enter the bridge from the south near the Bluff View Art District, you\u2019ll find the new E<\/span>d Johnson Memorial. <\/span>In the early 1900s, Johnson was falsely accused by a white man motivated by a $375 reward. Wrongfully accused of raping a white woman <\/span>despite a dozen witnesses stating Johnson had been working at a saloon, Johnson was still imprisoned. An all-white, all-male jury sentenced him to death. While Johnson was in jail, angry Chattanoogans transported Johnson to the Walnut Street Bridge, and he was subsequently hanged and shot over 200 times on March 19, 1906. It is to be noted that his last words, inscribed on his tombstone, were \u201cGod bless you all, I am an innocent man.\u201d The memorial has been described not as closure, but a new beginning.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/explorechatt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/memorial4.jpg” title_text=”memorial4″ align=”center” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_margin=”|-9vw|||false|false” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”Testimonials” _builder_version=”4.18.0″ use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_direction=”90deg” background_color_gradient_stops=”#ffffff 70%|#d3ebfe 70%” background_color_gradient_start=”#ffffff” background_color_gradient_start_position=”70%” background_color_gradient_end=”#ffc077″ background_color_gradient_end_position=”0%” custom_padding=”0px||3px|||” background_last_edited=”on|phone” use_background_color_gradient_phone=”on” background_color_gradient_stops_phone=”#ffffff 94%|#d3ebfe 99%” background_color_gradient_start_position_phone=”95%” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ max_width=”900px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/explorechattmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/magazine-18.png” _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_margin=”||50px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.18.0″ text_font=”Cardo||||||||” text_text_color=”#2a2a2a” text_font_size=”35px” text_line_height=”1.4em” text_font_size_tablet=”36px” text_font_size_phone=”24px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n