Alabama Monuments, Memorials, & Historic Sites

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Pike County World War I Memorial

Details: Last Updated: 08 November 2016

Address : Town Square Park at the corner of Elm & S. Oak St.
Town/Suburb/City : Troy
State/County/Province : AL
Country : USA
Postal code/ZIP : 36081

Dedication Date : 1921

Description : Erected by the Oliver Wiley Chapter D.A.R.

Pike Road Veterans Memorial

Details: Last Updated: 21 May 2019

Address : 4902 Pike Road
Town/Suburb/City : Pike Road
State/County/Province : AL
Country : USA
Postal code/ZIP : 36064

Ragland Veterans Memorial

Details: Last Updated: 05 November 2016

Address : V.F.W. Post 6652, 11647 Alabama 114
Town/Suburb/City : Ragland
State/County/Province : AL
Country : USA
Postal code/ZIP : 35131

Rainbow Viaduct

Details: Last Updated: 08 November 2016

Address : Richard Arrington Jr. Blvd S
Town/Suburb/City : Birmingham
State/County/Province : AL
Country : USA

Dedication Date : May 19, 1919

Description : The Rainbow Viaduct (originally the 21 St. Bridge) was dedicated in memory of the men from Jefferson County who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the 167th Infantry Regiment, 42nd "Rainbow" Division. The eagle statues were replaced in 2012.

Randolph County War Memorial

Details: Last Updated: 08 November 2016

Address : 21 N. Main St.
Town/Suburb/City : Wedowee
State/County/Province : AL
Country : USA
Postal code/ZIP : 36278

Web Site : http://randolphcountyalabamainthegreatwar.weebly.com/memorial.html

Dedication Date : May 1926

Artist : Warlick Marble & Granite Works

Red Bay Veterans Memorial

Details: Last Updated: 24 July 2017

Address : Red Bay Park, 5th Ave SE
Town/Suburb/City : Red Bay
State/County/Province : AL
Country : USA
Postal code/ZIP : 35582

Remount Depot at Keyton Station

Details: Last Updated: 08 November 2016

Address : E. 5th St. beside Haynes Ambulance
Town/Suburb/City : Montgomery
State/County/Province : AL
Country : USA
Postal code/ZIP : 36106

Description :

"During World War I, in the summer of 1917 the U.S. Army opened a remount depot here to buy horses and mules for Camp Sheridan's 27,000-man 37th Division from Ohio. Despite the introduction of motor transport to war, a U.S. infantry division still needed nearly 4,000 horses and 2,700 mules as draft, riding and pack animals to pull 40-wagon trains, guns and field ambulances in 1918. This post occupied 160 acres alongside the Central of Georgia R.R. on the highest elevation within 20 miles of Montgomery.

Major K.F. Schumann commanded this depot during most of the war. It had a capacity of 5,000 animals with 14 corrals and 14 packing chutes at the railroad platform. About 300 officers and men were in the permanent party and a blacksmith school trained 100 farriers. Troops were quartered south of the railroad and the animals kept to the north. The Remount Depot closed June 1919. The railroad stop here was called Keyton Station." -Alabama Historical Association marker, 1996.