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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WV7_pow-10031-mia-monument-a-war-memorial_Columbus-GA.html
POW✯MIA You Are Not Forgotten Dedicated to all Our Nation's POW ✯ MIA Past - Present Fort Benning Sergeants Major Association 18 September 2004 Rear World War I 06 Apr 1917 - 11 Nov 1918 POW-7,470 MIA-116,108…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WV4_moses-dallas-confederate-naval-pilot-american-slave-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Moses Dallas was a lifelong slave whose final years were spent in an unconventional arrangement during America's most tragic period, whose strategic role in a daring raid resulted in his death. A native of Georgia, he was born in the early 1800s, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WV1_battle-of-columbus-historical_Columbus-GA.html
South face At 8:00 P.M. Easter Sunday, April 16, 1865, Federal forces, trying to secure the crossing of the Chattahoochee River, attacked strong defences near Columbus, Georgia. In the face of heavy musketry and artillery fire, the Federals penet…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUK_educational-institutions-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Built in 1843, the Wynnton Male Academy (now Wynnton School Library) is considered the oldest such school facility in continuous use in the state. This building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Industrial High School…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUE_carson-mccullers-1917-1967-historical_Columbus-GA.html
With her critically acclaimed first novel, "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter," published at age twenty - three, Carson McCullers was on her way to becoming one of the most widely read writers of her time. Born Lula Carson Smith in Columbus, McCullers …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUD_augusta-jane-evans-1835-1909-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Augusta Jane Evans (Wilson), one of the most popular American novelists of the nineteenth century and a native of Columbus, at the age of fifteen wrote her first novel, "Inez: A Tale of the Alamo," as a Christmas gift for her father. She is best-k…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUC_nunnally-johnson-1897-1977-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Nunnally Johnson was a native of Columbus who left his job as a reporter for "The Columbus Enquirer - Sun" to eventually become one of Hollywood's most successful screenwriter/producers. By the age of thirty-five, Johnson had written two musicals …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUB_prize-winning-newspapers-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Since the founding of Columbus in 1828, newspapers have played a vital role in the lives of area citizens. Both daily papers, "The Columbus Enquirer-Sun" (now "The Columbus Enquirer") and "The Columbus Ledger," are Pulitzer Prize-winning publicati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WUA_columbus-museums-historical_Columbus-GA.html
Created in the early 1950s as the city's first comprehensive museum, the Columbus Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1251 Wynnton Road, features permanent exhibits of fine and decorative arts, southeastern Indian artifacts, and regional history and folk…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WTK_kinfolks-corner-historical_Columbus-GA.html
From the 1840's, this building stood among others of its type at this historic downtown intersection. Known traditionally as "Kinfolks' Corner," the area was the meeting place for generations of citizens from Columbus and neighboring Alabama count…
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