Alabama Monuments, Memorials, & Historic Sites
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"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.
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Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Memorial Park
100 Cities / 100 Memorials
The Mother's Army and Navy League, organized in 1917, raised $20,000 in order to erect this monument to honor their sons lost during the Great War. The monument was designed by renowned Mobile architect, George Rogers, and is constructed of Alabama marble. Construction of the monument began in 1926.
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Georgia Ann Hudson
georgiaann.hudson@archives.alabama.gov
(334) 353-3312
Co-Chairmen
- Steve Murray, Director, Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Maj. Gen. Sheryl E. Gordon, Adjutant General, Alabama National Guard
Honorary Chairman
- Nimrod T. Frazer, Montgomery
U.S. Commission Liaison
- Monique Seefried, Atlanta
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Greg Akers, Montgomery
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Leah Rawls Atkins, Birmingham
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Jim Baggett, Birmingham
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Mike Bailey, Gulf Shores
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Donna Baker, Tuscaloosa
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Randy Bartlett, Auburn
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Ken Bedsole, Abbeville
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David Black, Florence
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Berta Blackwell, Ozark
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Young Boozer, Montgomery
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Borden Burr, Birmingham
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Lt. Gen. Charles G. Cleveland, Montgomery
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Patrice Donnelly, Birmingham
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Lydia R. Ellington-Joffray, Tuscaloosa
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Stuart Foss, Birmingham
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Gary Fuller, Opelika
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Gen. Walter Givhan, Troy
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Col. Joe Greene, Montgomery
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Jan Gunter, Opelika
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Laura Newland Hill, Auburn
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Jeff Jakeman, Auburn
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Gerald Johnson, Butler County
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Tina Jones, Livingston
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Mary Jones-Fitts, Faunsdale
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Mortimer Jordan, Tuscaloosa
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Jay Lamar, Montgomery
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Ashley D. Ledbetter, Montgomery
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Sebastian Lukasik, Montgomery
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Clark Lundell, Auburn
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Jo Screws McGowin, Montgomery
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Shea McClean, Mobile
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T.C. McLemore, Birmingham
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Joel Mize, Tuscumbia
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Darryn Moten, Montgomery
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Graham Neeley, Montgomery
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Glenn Nivens, Harpersville
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Lt. Col. Larry Norred, Bessemer
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Marty Olliff, Dothan
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Michael Panhorst, Montgomery
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Melvina Phillips, New Hope
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Rob Riser, Livingston
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John A. Screws, Birmingham
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Betsy Simmons, Birmingham
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Steve Trout, Mobile
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Ruth Truss, Montevallo
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David Tuck, Rockford
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Ted Urquhart, Mary Esther, FL
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Tom Walker, Montevallo
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Johnny Waller, Montgomery
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Mike Watson, Montgomery
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Phil Williams, Gadsden
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Mark Wilson, Auburn
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