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ANDERSONVILLE POSSIBLE FORT BENNING
Andersonville, site of Camp Sumter, a ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
prisoner of war (POW) camp that is now • Riverside – Built in 1909, Riverside is on
Andersonville National Historic Site, is about the National Register of Historic Places.
one hour’s drive southeast of Columbus. This • POW/MIA Monument
National Park site preserves the place where • International WHINSEC – Originally the
45,000 Union soldiers were held prisoner U.S. Army Infantry School and Fort
and 13,000 died. The park also includes Benning Headquarters.
the National Prisoner of War Museum. • Doughboy Stadium – Built by U.S. Army
Entry into the park and the museum is free. Infantrymen as a memorial to their lost
( outdoors only) comrades of World War I.
496 Cemetery Rd., Andersonville, GA 31711 • Historic Cuartels – Designed and
229.924.0343 • nps.gov/ande constructed in the 1920s, this building
appeared in the 1941 edition of Ripley’s
“Very emotional to see.” Believe It or Not for the world’s longest
continuous porch.
FORT BENNING, MANEUVER
CENTER OF EXCELLENCE Contact VisitColumbusGA at
Fort Benning has served as the Home of 800.999.1613 for more visitor
the Infantry since 1918, transforming into the information about Fort Benning.
Maneuver Center of Excellence in 2005.
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