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Heritage AAA in 2024 announced six

Columbus sites to visit on a
bi-state tour of Georgia
& South Carolina:

• Prince Hall Masonic Lodge –
rom where the Rev. Martin Luther
Corporal King, Jr. spoke
Eugene Bullard, • “Ma” Rainey House – once home
Fthe world’s first black to and now a museum about the
combat aviator, Horace King, a “Mother of the Blues”
former slave and master • Liberty Theatre Cultural Center
bridge builder, Ma – venue for black performers
Rainey, Mother of the during segregation (currently
Blues, to the Liberty under renovation)
Theatre, black
heritage is an • St. James AME Church –
important part spiritual and social center for the
of the history of civil rights movement
Columbus, Georgia. • Battle of Columbus Battlefield –
at 14th Street Pedestrian Bridge,
site of the last significant land
To find out about battle of the Civil War
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in Columbus, scan the • 1828 Cemetery – the city’s first
QR code and go All Out! official cemetery for slaves and
freed persons of color

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