Birmingham - Southern College

Created in 1918 on this site

by merger of two colleges:

Southern University

a Methodist college

founded in 1856 at Greensboro.

Birmingham College

founded by Methodist as

N. Alabama Conference College

on this site in 1898.

Marker is on Arkadelphia Road, on the right when traveling south.

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The Gutzon Borglum House

Avondale Estates

Guzon Borglum, the world famous sculptor of Mt. Rushmore and the first man to work on the Confederate Memorial carving on Stone Mountain, lived in this house from 1924 to 1925. He had begun the Stone Mountain carving in ...

Men of the Boston Naval Shipyard

Dedicated to

the Men

of the

Boston Naval Shipyard

who made the supreme

sacrifice in defense of

their country in all wars

1800 – 1950

“For what avail the plough or sail

Or land or life, if freedom fail?”

Presented by employees

August 25, 1950

Marker is on 1st Ave, on the ...

Dedicated to the men and women who perished on September 11th, 2

On this fateful date, the Marfa Border Patrol Sector was conducting a ground breaking ceremony for the new Alpine station facility you see standing in the background. The ceremony was halted when the report was received and all personnel were ...

This Tablet Commemorates the Visit of Lafayette

Soldier of France

Volunteer in the cause of

American Liberty

Guest of the Nation

Entertained in Selma

On his way to Cahaba

1825

Placed by the Cherokee Chapter

Daughters of the American Revolution

Selma, Alabama

June 14, 1931

Marker is at the intersection of Water Avenue and Washington Street, on the ...

Matthew Fontaine Maury

Born

Spotsylvania County, VA.

January 24, 1806

Died

Lexington, VA

February 1,1873

"Pathfinder of the Seas"

Marker is on Old Airport Road (North Carolina Route 1547) near Henderson Road (U.S. 25), on the left when traveling east.

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The Elms

In 1844, Lambert Spencer built a simple Greek Revival home detailed with Doric columns and acanthus leaves. In 1868, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bowers enlarged and beautified the home. Mr. Bowers added two hexagonal wings and hired an itinerant painter ...

The Selma Movement

(The Beginning) / (The Prize)

[Side A:]

(The Beginning)

The major civil rights protest, which focused national attention on the issue of racial discrimination in voting & led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, was centered in Selma.

In January ...

"Where the Waters Meet"

Called M'Dote or "the place where waters meet" by the Dakota, this area is central to many Dakota creation stories and is significant to Dakota people today. Just west of this site is Pilot Knob, which was used extensively for ...

Honoring the Memory of O.P. and M.J. Van Sweringen

Whose vision, courage, and deep appreciation of building well for tomorrow brought about the creation of Shaker Heights in 1911 and the development of Shaker Square in 1929.

Erected October 6, 1961, by the Shaker Square Association upon the occasion ...