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Jailed as a leader in the
struggle for voting rights
Perry County, Alabama
- 1965 -
"Hey Leader!"
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., INC.
Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now
Evelyn G. Lowery, Founder/Chair
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27C5_in-memory-of-albert-turner-sr_Marion-AL.html
- Pioneer Freedom Fighter
- Champion of
Voting Rights
- Bold advocate for
the poor
and oppressed
Presented by
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., INC.
Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now
Evelyn G. Lowery, Founder/Chair
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278Q_south-college-barracks-fire-of-1924_Marion-AL.html
Erected By
The Cadet Corps 1923-1924
Cadets
Jefferson Bryant Meharg
and
Lawrence Christopher Olsen
who lost their lives
in the burning of college barracks
March 17, 1924
"Greater love hath no man than this,
that a man lay down his l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278P_confederate-6-pounder-field-gun_Marion-AL.html
This gun was cast at
Tuscaloosa, Ala. in the
early days of the Civil War.
It was intended for local
defense and was bought by
private subscriptions through
the efforts of Dr.
O. L. Shivers, Sr.
1861 —— 1865.
Resigned t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278O_marion-military-institute-korean-war-memorial-a-war-memorial_Marion-AL.html
Truth · Honor · Service
To commemorate
those alumni of
Marion Military Institute
whose lives were taken
in the Korean War
25 June 1950 - 27 July 1953
Bruce Beveridge, Jr.
Edward S. Guthrie
Frank B. Howze
William B.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278N_marion-city-hall_Marion-AL.html
Built in 1832 as a law office for John Lockhart; bought in 1880 by the Young Men's Christian Association, this being the first chapter south of the Mason-Dixon Line to own a building; Andrew Barry Moore Chapter of the U.D.C. organized here in 1903…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM278M_marion-military-institute-alumni-vietnam-memorial-a-war-memorial_Marion-AL.html
In memory of those who
served and those who died
so others might live free
killed in action
Killed in Action
George B. Lee Claude H. Cargile William O. Brantley, Jr. Robert W. BrunsonHugh M. Byrd, Jr. Joseph R. MitchellCharles W. Davi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2787_jimmie-lee-jackson-jacksons-death-led-to-bloody-sunday-march_Marion-AL.html
Front
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Voting Rights Martyr
The death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, shot after police disrupted a peaceful nighttime demonstration in Marion, inspired the first attempted march from Selma to Montgomery that led to passage of the Vo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2786_marion_Marion-AL.html
County Seat of Perry County
Population 4457
Founded by Anderson West in 1822
Home of Judson College
and
Marion Military Institute
Friendly People Welcome You.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2785_a-seed-is-planted_Marion-AL.html
On February 18, 1965, a night march was planned to support activist James Orange, incarcerated in the Perry County Jail. Preachers led participants from this church, Zion Chapel Methodist, the physical and spiritual base of the movement in Marion.…