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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/HM21YF_zion-missionary-baptist-church_Roswell-GA.html
Organized in 1871, by a group of dedicated African-American Christians, on land donated by white members of Lebanon Baptist Church was established at 929 Zion Circle, Roswell, Georgia as a one-story structure that also housed a school.
Zion sur…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM210G_confederate-monument-a-war-memorial_Palmetto-GA.html
Company I
2nd Regiment
Georgia
Volunteers
Wheeler's
Cavalry.
Company C
19th Regiment
Georgia
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20LO_saint-josephs_Atlanta-GA.html
On April 21, 1880, four Sisters of Mercy from Savannah, Georgia opened Atlanta's first permanent hospital, a 10-bed facility located on this site, where it remained for nearly 100 years.
During that time, the hospital grew in size and scope, ev…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20LM_historic-site_Atlanta-GA.html
The Sisters of Mercy founded Atlanta's first hospital on this site in 1880.
Saint Joseph's Hospital occupied this location until 1978, when it moved to 5665 Peachtree-Dunwoody Road.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Y6J_where-hood-watched-the-battle-of-atlanta_Atlanta-GA.html
In 1856 James E. Williams
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VJL_gov-john-m-slaton-historical_Atlanta-GA.html
John Marshall Slaton was Georgia's 60th governor, serving two terms, 1911-12 and 1913-15. Born December 25, 1866, Slaton served in the Georgia House of Representatives, 1896-1909, as Speaker, 1905-1909. He served in the Georgia Senate, 1909-1913, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TS2_third-division-23rd-corps-attack-second-division-23rd-corps-attack-historical_Atlanta-GA.html
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Third Division 23rd Corps Attack
At 0830 hours, August 6, 1864, the advanced elements of Cox's Divison (USA), Riley's and Byrd's Brigades advanced to Sandtown Road (now Cascade) and deployed skirmishers to get around the flank of the Co…