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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SF6_washington-elm-tree_Montgomery-AL.html
Washington
took command of the
American Army under
grandparent of this elm
Cambridge, Mass., July 3, 1775
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Raised and given by Maryland D.A.R.
and Alice Paret Dorsey as part of
200th anniversary of birth of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SF1_montgomery-county-circuit-court-sit-ins-and-marches-at-the-montgomery-county-courthouse_Montgomery-AL.html
Montgomery County Circuit Court
Site of Major Civil Rights Cases 1956-1960
In 1956, 89 persons were indicted for violating an anti-boycott law; Rosa Parks' conviction was appealed; the Montgomery Improvement Association car pool was enjoined; …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RRR_major-lemuel-purnell-montgomery_Montgomery-AL.html
Brilliant lawyer, valiant soldier, in whose
honor Montgomery County, Alabama was named
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RRP_train-shed-1897_Montgomery-AL.html
Few sheds of this type,
once so much a part of the
urban scene, remain.
Designed by railroad
engineers, it illustrates the
beginnings of that technology
which made possible the
skyscrapers and bridges
of today.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q5C_the-five-points-area-a-unique-blend-of-communities-in-1965_Montgomery-AL.html
Located at the hilltop overlooking Downtown
Montgomery, Five Points is an intersection of history
and humanity. Here the historic black communities of
West Montgomery meet the Cottage Hill neighborhood
featuring Montgomery's most preserved Vic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q5B_an-intersection-of-history-court-square_Montgomery-AL.html
At the intersection of Commerce Street and Dexter Avenue, Court Square is arguably the most historic location in America. As the center of 19th century
Southern economic and political power, Montgomery's Court Square was host to a massive slave m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PY0_a-refuge_Montgomery-AL.html
The City of St Jude, always a refuge for African Americans, hosted the marchers on the last night of their journey. This religious complex—named for the patron saint of impossible situations—housed a school church and hospital and had …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PXZ_heroes-welcome_Montgomery-AL.html
The ranks of marchers swelled enormously by the last leg
of the trip on Wednesday, March 24, 1965. By the time
they arrived at the last campsite, only two miles from the
city limits at the Saint Jude complex, they were 10,000
strong. Dirty and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PXY_black-churches-provide-significant-support-for-the-march-and-voting_Montgomery-AL.html
As the social and cultural epicenters of Montgomery's black
communities in the 1950s and 1960s, black churches also played a
political role, providing sanctuary and strength against discrimination
On December 5, 1955 following the first day of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PXX_highway-construction-destroys-historic-black-neighborhoods_Montgomery-AL.html
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, signed into law by President
Dwight D. Eisenhower, authorized the construction of 41,000 miles
of the Interstate Highway System over a ten year period - the largest
public works project in American history t…