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==Arts and culture== [[File:Slug burger.jpg|thumb|right|A slugburger with [[onion ring]]s.]] An Adamsville restaurant serves "[[slugburger]]s", a delicacy found in west Tennessee, northeast [[Mississippi]] and northwest [[Alabama]]. The Fat Cat slugburger consists of a hamburger patty made of beef and soy grits which is then deep fried and served on a bun with condiments. Another local delicacy found in restaurants is the baked cabbage.<ref name="restaurants">{{cite web | year=2010 | title=Dine | work=Our Town | publisher=Adamsville Partnership | url=http://www.abiz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=55 | access-date=November 19, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008064908/http://www.abiz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=55 | archive-date=October 8, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Annual events=== Adamsville holds a large number of annual events. Every [[Memorial Day]] weekend the four-day Buford Pusser Festival is held at the Buford Pusser Memorial Park. The local preliminary for [[Miss Tennessee]], the [[Miss Walking Tall Pageant]] is held at The Marty Community Center. A number of other cultural events such as the HeeHaw Show, Founders Day, and a 5K Run in the spring.<ref name="Events">{{cite web | year=2010 | title=Adamsville Events | work=Events | publisher=Adamsville Partnership | url=http://www.abiz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=72 | access-date=November 19, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008065539/http://www.abiz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=72 | archive-date=October 8, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> ===Points of interest=== The [[Buford Pusser]] Home and Museum is located in Adamsville in the former home of the county sheriff.<ref name="Attract"/> Pusser is also buried in the Adamsville Cemetery.<ref name="SeeDo"/> Gibb's Gas & Oil Collectibles is an appointment only museum of old [[gas pump]]s, gas and oil signs, [[oil can]]s, and other [[Filling station|service station]] memorabilia.<ref name="Attract">{{cite web|title=City Attractions |work=Area Info |publisher=City of Adamsville |url=http://www.cityofadamsville.com/rwpc/attractions.html |access-date=November 19, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204054440/http://www.cityofadamsville.com/rwpc/attractions.html |archive-date=February 4, 2012 }}</ref> Adamsville's public library is the Irving Meek Jr. Memorial Library.<ref name="PR"/> The local War Memorial Park is located off of Highway 64 and Old Stage. It commemorates veterans and those who died from Adamsville in World War I and II, the [[Korean War]] and [[Vietnam War]].<ref name="SeeDo">{{cite web | year=2010 | title=See & Do | work=Our Town | publisher=Adamsville Partnership | url=http://www.abiz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=56 | access-date=November 19, 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008065113/http://www.abiz.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=56 | archive-date=October 8, 2011 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The Old Home Motel was built in 1960 by Joe and Juanita Richardson. Buford Pusser lived at the hotel for a time, and [[Elvis Presley]] stayed the night there.<ref name="SeeDo"/>
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