John Thompson House
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The house in which John Thompson was born still stands today on 3rd Street in Newport, Kentucky. Photograph courtesy of Katie Crawford-Lackey.
This file appears in: "Tommygun Inventor"
"Tommygun Inventor"
Historical Marker #1706 in Newport commemorates Brig. Gen. John T. Thompson, inventor of the Thompson submachine gun.
Thompson was born in Newport on December 31, 1860. He grew up on various…