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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…