Explore Southern History

This blog is devoted to exploring the history, historic sites and heritage tourism opportunities of the American South! A guide to new additions and updates to the expansive site www.exploresouthernhistory.com, this blog features forts, battlefields, Native American sites, architectural treasures and natural wonders.

Showing posts with label monument. Show all posts
Showing posts with label monument. Show all posts
Thursday, April 14, 2011

A Monument to John Wilkes Booth? Unusual Landmark in Troy, Alabama

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The (Former) John Wilkes Booth Monument Today marks the anniversary of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by actor and conspi...
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Friday, September 4, 2009

The Monument to Captain Henry Wirz

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Often overlooked by visitors to Andersonville National Historic Site is the nearby monument to the prison's Confederate commandant, Hen...
Friday, March 20, 2009

Former John Wilkes Booth Monument in Alabama

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I recently became curious about the story of a monument to John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, that was erected in...
Friday, May 9, 2008

Spring Travel Part Eleven: Grand Gulf Military Monument

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Continuing our series on some of my favorite spring travel destinations in the South, we look today at Grand Gulf, Mississippi. Visitors to...
Tuesday, March 4, 2008

The Possum Monument - Wausau, Florida

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This nicely carved stone beside State Highway 77 in Wausau, Florida is undoubtedly the Sunshine State's most unusual monument. It is de...
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