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MILITARY HERITAGE

Andersonville POW Monument 3Eternal Flame
MONUMENT
2 National Civil War Naval Museum
AT PORT COLUMBUS Honor our veterans when
You can still smell the charred wood 150 years later of you visit the Eternal Flame
monument on the south side
the two original Civil War military vessels dredged up of Columbus’ Government
Center at 100 10th Street
from where they burned on the Chattahoochee River. (the 9th Street side of the
building). The monument
There are stories you’ll hear nowhere else – of sailors, also recognizes the city’s five
Medal of Honor recipients.
marines, sailing ships, and history-changing battles. Step

into a reproduction exhibit of the USS Hartford and CSS

Albemarle. There’s always something new to discover!

portcolumbus.org (outside only)

“If you are a Civil War buff,
then this is a must!”

4And one more…
ANDERSONVILLE
Travel about an hour’s drive southeast of Columbus to

Andersonville, site of Camp Sumter, a prisoner of war

camp that is now Andersonville National Historic Site, a

memorial to the nearly 13,000 Union POWs who died at

the camp during the Civil War. In addition to the prison,

the site includes the Andersonville National Cemetery

and the National Prisoner of War Museum, which honors

all American POWs in the United States’ various military

conflicts. nps.gov/ande (outside only)

“Moving experience” Eternal Flame Monument

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