Columbia is the self proclaimed 'Mule Capital of the World' and every April the city celebrates Mule Days with a parade and other festivities including the Wagon Train when the mules and their wagons parade into the park.

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Maury County has more antebellum houses than any other state and is considered 'Antebellum Homes Capital of Tennessee'.

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The city is home to one of the last two surviving residences of James Knox Polk, the 11th President of the United States, the other is the White House.