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Alabama – Florida – Georgia Thanksgiving Weekend 2018 Trip

Montgomery, Alabama trip

Elmwood Cemetery – 600 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Birmingham, AL 35211
Mary Anderson – Elmwood Cemetery – she invited windshield wipers 33.4914734,-86.8423122
Pattie Ruffner Jacobs, Eddie James Kendrick, Carol Denise McNair
Oak Hill Cemetery – Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth
2 hours to Alabama State Capital – Confederate Memorial Monument – 600 Dexter Ave, Montgomery, AL 36130
Walk to the First White House of the Confederacy – 644 Washington Ave, Montgomery, AL 36130
Walk to Civil Rights Memorial Center – 400 Washington Ave, Montgomery, AL 36104
Walk to Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church – 454 Dexter Ave, Montgomery, AL 36104
Drive to Village of Encanchata Historical Marker – 201-211 Water St, Montgomery, AL 36104
Drive to Oakwood Annex Cemetery grave – Hank Williams Memorial 32.3853989,-86.2910004
Rosa Parks Bus Stop – 32.377505, -86.309105
National Memorial for Peace and Justice – 417 Caroline St, Montgomery, AL 36104 9-5
45 minutes from Montgomery, AL to Tuskegee University Campus Cemetery maybe around here 32.431206, -85.706625
George Washington Carver
Booker Taliaferro Washington, Sr
1 hour from Montgomery, AL or 1.5 Hours from Tuskegee

Spent the night in Selma

National Voting Rights Museum and Institute 6 US-80 BUS, Selma, AL 36701
Brown Chapel AME Church 410 Martin Luther King St, Selma, AL 36703
Live Oak Cemetery – 300 Dallas Avenue Selma, Dallas County, Alabama
William Rufus Devane King
George W. Gayle
New live Oak Cemetery
Kathryn Tucker Windham Div 27, 1046 E22.5 hours from Selma to Florida Highest point – 2915 N Co Hwy 285, Defuniak Springs, FL 32433 30.986344, -86.281644
Or one sign here 2 hours to near Pensacola 30.2825337,-87.5138812
1.25 hours to Florida sign 30.997672, -85.407862
1.5 hours to Mexico Beach City Pier – 29.949707, -85.424084
Cape San Blas Lighthouse – 200 Miss Zola’s Dr, Port St Joe, FL 32456
Dr John Gorrie grave 29.7251301,-84.9854431 invented the first mechanical ice machine (receiving US Patent #8080 on May 6, 1851) and also was a pioneer in early research on refrigeration and air conditioning.
Crooked River Lighthouse 1975 Hwy 98 W, Carrabelle, FL 32322
1.25 hours to World’s Smallest Police Station, 102 Ave A N, Carrabelle, FL 32322
1 hours to Florida State Capital – 400 S Monroe St, Tallahassee, FL 32399

Spent the night in Tallahassee, FL 

2.5 hours to Providence Canyon State Park, 8930 Canyon Rd, Lumpkin, GA 31815
45 minutes to Dr John Stith Pemberton – linwood cemetery – founder of Coca-cola 32.4784775,-84.9834442
Parkhill Cemetery Columbus, GA – Tim Wilson Parkhill Cemetery Veteran’s Garden Lot 292 Space 3
2.25 hours from Columbus, GA Highest spot in Alabama – Cheaha State Park Observation Tower, Delta, AL 36258 – 33.485332, -85.808480
Talladega Superspeedway – 3366 Speedway Blvd, Lincoln, AL 35096
World’s Largest Office Chair 625 Noble St, Anniston, AL 36201
Freedom Riders National Monument 1029 Gurnee Ave, Anniston, AL 36201
Good Georgia State Sign – 34.714324, -85.553234