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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E0J_bryant-graves-house_Atlanta-GA.html
This was the home of the Rev. Peter James Bryant and, later Antoine Graves.
Here Bryant wrote sermons he delivered as pastor of Wheat Street Baptist Church. He also worked as associate editor of The Voice of the Negro, a national literary maga…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E0I_neighborhood-pride_Atlanta-GA.html
Aromas of newly mown grass and fresh paint drifted along Auburn Avenue as residents trimmed their lawns and hedges and painted their houses and fences. The neighborhood buzzed with activity as other residents tended their flower gardens, shrubs, f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E0H_stepping-up_Atlanta-GA.html
With its fish-scale gable shingles, ornate porch brackets, and diamond-shaped and octagonal windows, this Queen Anne Victorian house symbolizes financial success. White Atlantans who had become successful in business or the professions built and o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E0F_the-eternal-flame_Atlanta-GA.html
The Eternal Flame symbolizes the continuing effort to realizeDr. King's ideals for the"Beloved Community"which requires lasting personalcommitment that cannot weakenwhen faced with obstacles.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E0E_freedom-park_Atlanta-GA.html
Freedom Park celebrates the lives and work of two renowned Georgians and Nobel Peace Prize winners, the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Jimmy Carter.
Beginning at the far end of the parking lot, a gentle paved trail extends through …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1E0D_sightless-among-miracles_Atlanta-GA.html
Left PanelFor hundreds of years, a child leading a blind elder has been the fate of families stricken with river blindness (onchocerciasis)in Africa and Latin America. Now the demise of this ancient scourge is in sight, thanks to a drug
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CWN_the-valley-of-utoy-creek_Atlanta-GA.html
Federal Forces conducting siege operations on North & West fronts of Atlanta's fortified lines were, at intervals, moved S. toward East Point, in attempts to seize the 2 railroads that entered the city from the Southwest.
Palmers XIV A.C. march…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CSJ_battle-of-utoy-creek_Atlanta-GA.html
Federal siege operations not only involved the encircling line of Atlanta's defenses, but threatened the 2 railroads S.W. of the city. Pursuant thereto, Federal forces after the Battle of Ezra Church were shifted S., only to be confronted by a lin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM183W_the-hanging-of-andrews-raiders_Atlanta-GA.html
280 feet south of this location on June 18, 1862, seven of the Union Army's brave Andrews Raiders were hanged and buried. On April 12, 1862, 22 Andrews Raiders seized the General, a tender and three boxcars at Big Shanty (now Kennesaw) and raced t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1822_hibernian-benevolent-society-of-atlanta-ga_Atlanta-GA.html
The City of Atlanta deeded this plot of ground to the Hibernian Benevolent Society in 1873. The grant recognized contributions made by the "Hibernian Rifles" and Father Thomas O'Reilly in defending and preserving the city during the Civil War.