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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BZ8_clement-clay-bo-torbert-jr_Montgomery-AL.html
A native of Opelika, Alabama, he is the son of Clement C. Torbert and Lyda Meadows Torbert. He was educated in the Opelika public schools. He attended the United States Naval Academy and received his B.S. Degree from Auburn University in 1951. He …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BBH_bernard-whitehurst-and-the-whitehurst-case-montgomery-learning-from-the-past_Montgomery-AL.html
(side 1)Bernard Whitehurst and the Whitehurst Case
On December 2, 1975, Bernard Whitehurst was shot to death by a police officer in Montgomery, Alabama. He died behind a house on Holcombe Street, running from police officers who mistakenly beli…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BAS_brigadier-general-birkett-davenport-fry-csa-colonel-b-d-fry-at-battle-of-gettysburg_Montgomery-AL.html
(side 1)Brigadier General Birkett Davenport Fry, CSA
Born Virginia; educated VMI and West Point; fought in Mexico; practiced law in California; married Alabamian whose family owned the Tallassee cotton mill; served as general in Walker's ill-fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BAP_ernest-c-sonny-hornsby_Montgomery-AL.html
Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he is the son of Ernest Arnold Hornsby and Kate Clayton Hornsby. A 1955 graduate of Tallassee High School, he received his B.A. Degree from Auburn University and his Juris Doctor Degree from the University of Alabama S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BAN_howell-thomas-heflin_Montgomery-AL.html
A native of Tuscumbia, he was the son of Reverend Marvin R. Heflin and Louise D. Strudwick Heflin. He was a graduate of Colbert County High School, Birmingham Southern College, and the University of Alabama School of Law. He was a past President o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BAL_james-edwin-livingston_Montgomery-AL.html
A native of Notasulga in Macon County, Alabama, he was the son of Mrs. Stella Elizabeth (Burks) Livingston and Mr. James Cooper Livingston of Macon County.
Chief Justice Livingston attended the public school of Macon County and Alabama Polytech…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BAK_lucien-dunbibben-gardner_Montgomery-AL.html
A native of Troy, Lucien Dunbibben Gardner graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree, from the State Normal School at Troy in 1894. He earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree from The University of Alabama and graduated from the Law Department in 189…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BAD_third-national-confederate-flag_Montgomery-AL.html
Upon an outpouring of complaints that the 2nd national flag was too similar to a flag of truce, a red bar was added by act of Confederate Congress on March 4, 1865. Very few of these flags ever flew, however, as the war ended shortly thereafter.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BA7_battle-flag-of-the-confederacy_Montgomery-AL.html
The Confederate Congress never issued any regulations specifying which type flag should be carried by regiments in the field. Early in the war, flags were made at home for presentation to individual companies. At first, national flags replaced the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BA5_second-national-confederate-flag_Montgomery-AL.html
The intensity of the war caused the desire for a new national flag that was in no way similar to the U.S. flag. The "Stainless Banner" was adopted by the Confederate Congress on May 1, 1863. The cross of St. Andrew, depicted on the flag, has been …