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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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