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Freedom Riders National Monument. / 33.63500°N 85.90833°W / 33.63500; -85.90833. The Freedom Riders National Monument is a United States National Monument in Anniston, Alabama established by President Barack Obama in January 2017 to preserve and commemorate the Freedom Riders during the Civil Rights Movement.
The Anniston and Birmingham bus attacks, which occurred on May 14, 1961, in Anniston and Birmingham, both Alabama, were acts of mob violence targeted against civil rights activists protesting against racial segregation in the Southern United States. They were carried out by members of the Ku Klux Klan and the National States' Rights Party in ...
Hillside Cemetery (Anniston, Alabama) / 33.65806°N 85.81750°W / 33.65806; -85.81750 ( Hillside Cemetery) Hillside Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Anniston, Alabama. It was established in 1876, and laid out by Nathan Franklin Barrett. [2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 3, 1985.
October 15, 1966. Manassas National Battlefield Park is a unit of the National Park Service located in Prince William County, Virginia, north of Manassas that preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run, also called the Battle of First Manassas, and the Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second ...
1498512 [6] Website. [1] Manassas ( / məˈnæsəs / [7] ), formerly Manassas Junction, [8] is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States. The population was 42,772 at the 2020 Census. [9] It is the county seat of Prince William County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. [10]
James Monroe Tomb, prior to 2016. The James Monroe Tomb is the burial place of U.S. President James Monroe in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States.The principal feature of the tomb is an architecturally unusual cast iron cage, designed by Albert Lybrock and installed in 1859 after Monroe's body was moved from Marble Cemetery in New York City.
Quantico National Cemetery. / 38.54639°N 77.36278°W / 38.54639; -77.36278. Quantico National Cemetery is a national cemetery in Triangle, Virginia for veterans who served in the United States Armed Forces. Adjacent to and originally part of Marine Corps Base Quantico, it was established as a national cemetery in 1983 with an area of ...
Old Town Manassas. / 38.75306°N 77.47111°W / 38.75306; -77.47111. Old Town Manassas, or the Manassas Historic District, is a national historic district located at Manassas, Virginia. It encompasses 206 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential area of city of Manassas.