Dexter Avenue
Formerly Market Street
This street was named to honor Andrew Dexter one of the founders of Montgomery
Along this street moved the inaugural parade of Jefferson Davis when he took the oath of office as President of the Confederate States of America February 18, 1861
Dixie was played as a band arrangement for the first time on this occasion.
Marker is at the intersection of Dexter Avenue and Decatur Street, on the right when traveling east on Dexter Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
