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Dexter Avenue Monument



Monument type:

Stone – carved

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Dedication Date:

1942

Address:

Montgomery

AL

USA

Inscription:

DEXTER AVENUE Formerly Market Street This street was named to honor Andrew Dexter one of the founders of Montgomery ---- Along this street moved the inaugural parade of Jefferson Davis when he took the oath of office as President of the Confederate States of America February 18, 1861 ---- Dixie was played as a band arrangement for the first time on this occasion. ---- Placed by by Sophie Bibb Chapter, U.D.C. April 26, 1942"

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United Daughters of the Confederacy
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Indigenous Land
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