Dupee Hall of Music

Franklin Academy

has been placed on the

National Register

of

Historic Places

by the

U.S. Department

of the Interior

Marker is on P Street near 14th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.

Courtesy hmdb.org

The Old Franklin Congregational Academy

This memorial

erected on the site of

The Old Franklin

Congregational Academy

Pioneer Founders and Educators were:

E. B. James · A. E. Rice · W. S. Phipps

Rev. Amos Dresser · Rev. C. S. Harrison

Reve. W. S. Hampton · Prin. A. C. Hart

Rev. G. W. ...

Lockheed F-80

(P-80 & T-33)

• XP-80 Maiden Flight January 8, 1944

• F80-C Fighter Bomber in Korean Conflict

• Nov. 8, 1950 Lt. Russell J. Brown

shot down a Russian MiG-15

The First All Jet Air Battle

Spans 38 feet 10 inches

Weight 16,856 pounds

Cost ...

Franklin County Veterans Memorial

Freedom Is Not Free

World War I

They Died for Freedom

[Roll of Honored Dead]

World War II

The Supreme Sacrifice

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Korea

They Died for Freedom

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Vietnam

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Dedicated May 31, 2002

Marker is on 16th Avenue (U.S. 136) near Q Street, ...

Battle of Chattanooga, 1st Day, Nov. 23

November 23d, 1863, under instructions from Gen. Grant to ascertain whether the Confederates still occupied the valley, Gen. Thomas disposed forces in front of Fort Wood, the site of which is now marked by the stand-pipe of the water works.

The ...

Negley's and Wilder's Demonstrations Against Chattanooga

On June 7 and 8, 1862, General Negley in command of a Union reconnoitering force appeared on Stringer's Ridge northwest of this point, and screened by the timber opened with artillery on the city and line of rifle pits (then ...

Black Horse Cavalry

The Black Horse Cavalry was conceived at a gathering of Warrenton lawyers in 1858 and was among the local militia companies called to active duty by Governor Henry Wise in 1959. The Black Horse led a successful charge against Union ...

Wynnton School Library

Erected in 1843 as Wynnton Academy, the present

WYNNTON SCHOOL LIBRARY

is the oldest such building in continuous use as a school facility in the State of Georgia. This historic site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

This ...

Paul R. Redfern

Born in 1902, Paul Redfern at an early age showed a marked mechanical aptitude and excitement for aviation. Shortly after graduating from old Columbia High School in 1923, he built his own airplane and established the city’s first commercial aviation ...

Frontier Village

The Entrance Forts / The One-Room Schoolhouse / Main Street / The Lost Dutchman Mine

From 1961 to 1980 the park that you are now standing in was home to a one-of-a-kind western themed amusement park called Frontier Village

The Entrance Forts

The ...