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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AYT_long-beach-world-war-ii-monument-a-war-memorial_Long-Beach-MS.html
Dedicated to the memory of our sons who made the supreme sacrifice in World War II ★ Nathan Y. Conn Edwin B. Davis Harold W. Ervin Thomas J. Gotliboski David F. Hayes O'Nick Nazaretain O. Bernard Reeves Harry F. Rishel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AVZ_administration-building_Long-Beach-MS.html
Designed in the Mission Revival style by New Orleans Architect, Rathbone Emile DeBuys and built by Chevally & Fursden Contractors of Gulfport, the Administration Building was one of the first buildings constructed for the Gulf Park College…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AVY_friendship-oak_Long-Beach-MS.html
I am called the Friendship Oak Those who enter my shadow will remain friends through all their lifetime.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AVX_friendship-oak_Long-Beach-MS.html
I was a sapling when Columbus sailed into the Caribbean and was fully grown by Napoleon's reign. I am now over five centuries old. I have sheltered Indians, pirates and college students. I am called Friendship Oak. Those who enter my sha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AR2_antioch-missionary-baptist-church_Long-Beach-MS.html
Second oldest church in Long Beach. Organized April 24, 1880 as Bethel Baptist Church affiliated with the Hobolochitta Association by Baptist Missionary J.P. Johnston and several members of the "Sunshine Church" (established by R. W. Conn in the 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AR1_mt-pilgrim-missionary-baptist-church_Long-Beach-MS.html
Rev. Dan Travis organizing pastor. First church erected in 1895 (Rev. W. H. Walker, pastor) served as both church and school for this community. After storm damage a second church was erected in 1927, School continued in church until 1928 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQZ_united-methodist-church_Long-Beach-MS.html
Outgrowth of interdenominational Sunday School Class begun by Mrs. Fannie Donavan. Organized as Scott's Station Methodist Church, Rev. Joseph Nicholson first pastor. Land for first church given by Henry Ware in 1879. Only Protestant church…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQX_war-memorial-park_Long-Beach-MS.html
Fifteen Long Beach mothers began meeting weekly in 1942 to pray for their sons and daughters serving in the Armed Forces. They, organized into the Long Beach War Memorial Association in 1945 and began raising money for a memorial. They b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQW_gulf-park-college_Long-Beach-MS.html
Founded 1921 by Colonel J. C. Hardy Gulf Park College provided unique educational experiences for young women at the secondary and junior college level. The college enjoyed fifty years of operation as an educational institution filled with…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AQT_hurricane-katrina-storm-recovery_Long-Beach-MS.html
Hurricane Katrina Considered one of the three most intense hurricanes to hit the United States. On Sunday, August 29, 2005, the Category 3 storm nearly devastated the City of Long Beach. Storm surge exceeded 28 feet. Six lives lost and 60 busin…
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