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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7E_mt-vernon-federal-highway_Mt-Vernon-AL.html
In 1811, the Mount Vernon Cantonment, located on a hill about three miles west of the Mobile River, was laid out by Col. Thomas H. Cushing. The cantonment was on the site of a spring called Mount Vernon Springs. In 1814, the garrison at Mt. Vernon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7C_ellicotts-stone_Axis-AL.html
Marks 1st Southern Boundary of the United States and the Mississippi Territory created in 1798——-900 feet East——-Stone marked 31? North Latitude separating the U.S. & Spanish Florida. This line of demarcation ran from th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1C7B_site-of-old-mobile_Axis-AL.html
(English)Site ofOld MobileFort Louis de la LouisianeFounded 1702 byPierre Le Moyne d'IbervilleUnder orders of Louis XIVFirst Capital of French Louisiana1702-1711(French)Site deVieux MobileFort Louis de la Louisiane PremiereCapitale de la Louisiane…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY1B_horace-o-davis_Mobile-AL.html
This building is named for Horace O. David whose dedication and estimable service to the USS Alabama Battleship Commission enhanced the memories of the personnel, who served aboard the USS Alabama and the honor of the people of the Great State for…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY18_b-52d-stratofortress_Mobile-AL.html
Plans for the B-52 began as early as 1945, but the first flight of a B52D was not until June 4, 1956. The operational life of the B-52 spans the period from 1957 to the present, and included the most critical phase of the war in Vietnam. The A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY17_the-lower-alabama-vietnam-veterans-memorial_Mobile-AL.html
President John F. Kennedy said, " A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors; the men it remembers." It is our intention to remember and honor these men from Alabama who served their Nation in a time …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY16_vickerys-bridge_Spanish-Fort-AL.html
From September 5 to September 9, 1950 Lt Grady Vickery was assigned to defend the Namji-Ri Bridge crossing the Nam River. The bridge had been defended by Vickery's considerably reinforced platoon numerous attempts to blow the bridge by the North K…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSUA_surrender-site_Citronelle-AL.html
Here on May 4, 1865 Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor, C.S.A. surrendered the last organized Confederate forces, the Department of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana, to Major Gen. E.R.S. Canby, U.S.A. thereby bringing to an official close the War Betw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR86_admiral-raphael-semmes-csa_Mobile-AL.html
(Front):CommanderC.S. SteamerAlabamaRear-AdmiralC.S. NavySailor, Patriot,StatesmanScholarandChristianGentleman(Side Plaque):Admiral Raphael Semmes, CSACommander of the Most Successful Sea Raider In HistoryCSS AlabamaStill after these many years hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQC7_fort-gaines_Dauphin-Island-AL.html
Established in 1821 for defense of Mobile Bay and named in honor of General Edmund Pendleton Gaines, 1777-1849 who played an important part in early Alabama History and while Commandant of Fort Stoddard captured Aaron Burr near McIntosh in Februar…
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