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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWM_reflecting-pool_Birmingham-AL.html
Throughout May 1963, the pressure continued to build. The downtown business district was closed, a prominent black-owned motel was bombed, and 3,000 federal troops were dispatched to restore order before Birmingham was officially desegregated. Thi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWK_water-cannons_Birmingham-AL.html
Bull Connor ordered the fearless "Child Crusaders" to be blasted with high-pressure fire hoses, and he once again loosed the dogs on the young demonstrators. When the media finally exposed the nation to the cruel scene, President John F. Kennedy a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWI_the-childrens-crusade_Birmingham-AL.html
On May 2, 1963, more than 1,000 students skipped school and marched on downtown, gathering at the 16th Street Baptist Church. Bull Connor responded by jailing more than 600 children that day. So the next day, another 1,000 students filled the park…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DWH_ground-zero_Birmingham-AL.html
You are standing at Ground Zero of the 1963 civil rights struggle in Birmingham. When African-American leaders and citizens resolved to fight the oppression of a strictly segregated society, they were met with vitriol and violence despite their ow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DW9_dr-martin-luther-king-jr_Birmingham-AL.html
Born Jan. 15, 1929 Assassinated Apr. 4. 1968
"...yes, if you want to say that I was a drum major, say that I was a drum major for justice; say that I was a drum major for peace..."
His dream liberated Birmingham from itself and began a new d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BYP_julius-ellsberry-memorial-park_Birmingham-AL.html
In honor of Julius Ellsberry of BirminghamWorld War II HeroFirst Jefferson County Citizen to die for his country at Pearl Harbor while serving aboard the U.S.S. Oklahoma December 7, 1941
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B4M_the-cascade_Birmingham-AL.html
One popular element of the park's original design was a water feature known as the cascade. Cascading fountains were important features in formal European gardens. Their terraced pools and waterfalls animated the landscape with sounds and movement…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B46_slag_Birmingham-AL.html
In addition to making iron the furnace produced a molten waste called slag. Workers drained off the slag periodically through the cinder notch, a hole at the base of the furnace. After processing, the slag was sold for use in the road building and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B44_casting-pigs_Birmingham-AL.html
The Process
The technology of casting molten iron into bars called pigs changed dramatically over the years. Prior to 1931 casting at Sloss took place inside the cast shed. Men cut molds into the sand floor of the shed, allowing the molten iron…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B42_the-stock-trestle_Birmingham-AL.html
The raw materials for making iron—iron ore, limestone and dolomite, and coke—came to Sloss by railroad and were stored in the stock bins below. An inclined, steam-driven "skip hoist" carried the stock to the top of the furnace and dump…