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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DKR_replica-of-the-statue-of-liberty_Atlanta-GA.html
Replica of the Statue of Liberty. . With the faith and courage of their forefathers who made possible the freedom of these United States The Boy Scouts of America dedicate this replica of the Statue of Liberty as a pledge of everlasting fide…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQV_auburn-avenue-branch-carnegie-library_Atlanta-GA.html
Auburn Avenue Branch, Carnegie Library. . On this corner stood the Auburn Avenue Branch Carnegie Library for African-Americans, from 1923 to the 1950s. Alic Dugged Carey, the first principal of Morris Brown University (now College), along with Dr.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CQ7_ebenezer-baptist-church_Atlanta-GA.html
Ebenezer Baptist Church. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site. The world of young Martin Luther King, Jr., revolved around Ebenezer Baptist Church. Here his grandfather and father preached in favor of desegregation, voting rights, and eq…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM257F_lophorhothon-atopus_Atlanta-GA.html
Lophorhothon atopus (Loh-FOUR-ah-thon ay-TOH-pus) "Crested Nose" Cretaceous Period (65- 144 million years ago) Southeastern United States This scene shows a family of Lophorhothon dinosaurs, as they may have looked millions of ye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM22A7_kilpatricks-cavalry-on-the-newnan-stage-road_Atlanta-GA.html
On November 14, 1864, the third cavalry of General Sherman's Military Division of the Mississippi [USA], Brig. General Judson L. Kilpatrick, [USA], 5500 men and 6 guns, marched from Marietta via Mayson-Turner Ferry (Bankhead Highway bridge) and bi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM229I_david-and-frances-cotting_Atlanta-GA.html
This site was known as the Cotting Estate in the mid 1800's. David Cotting, teacher, editor and lawyer, served as Secretary of State from 1868-1873. He was also a member of the Constitutional Convention. Frances Cotting lived here after her husban…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2244_delta-air-lines_Atlanta-GA.html
Delta Air Lines began in 1924 as a crop dusting company, based first in Macon, Georgia, and then Monroe, Louisiana. C.E. Woolman led a group of investors in buying the company in 1928 and renamed it Delta Air Service. Passenger service began betwe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM222Y_fire-station-no-16_Atlanta-GA.html
During the Civil Rights Movement, members of the African-American community pressured the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta to integrate the city's fire department. In 1962, Mayor Ivan Alan, authorized the first hiring of sixteen African American …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21ZZ_theodore-tiger-flowers_Atlanta-GA.html
Theodore "Tiger" Flowers was the first African-American boxer to win the world middleweight championship in 1926. Born in Camilla, Georgia in 1895. Flowers moved to Atlanta in 1920 where he began training seriously to be a professional b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM21XO_swan-house_Atlanta-GA.html
Swan House was completed in 1928 for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hamilton Inman, heirs to a cotton-brokerage fortune. Named for the swan motif found throughout the interior, the house was designed by architect Philip Trammell Shutze (1890-1982), of the At…
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