On the site directly across from this marker Francis T. Nicholls — Confederate General, Governor and Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court — was born and reared.
Jazz developed at the turn of the 20th century in south Louisiana and was born from a combination of musical traditions: work songs, spirituals, blues, and ragtime. From the early days of...
This facility is dedicated to the memory of Walter Lemann, Sr. (1879-1952) a citizen of Donaldsonville whose untiring efforts to restore a flow of fresh water to Bayou Lafourche continued from...
DR. KING’S LAST FLIGHT On April 3, 1968, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a pivotal leader in the Modern Civil Rights Movement, landed at Memphis Metropolitan Airport for what would...
PLOUGH BOULEVARD PLOUGH BOULVARD, THE AIRPORT CONNECTOR ROAD, IS NAMED FOR AND DEDICATED IN HONOR OF ONE OF MEMPHIS’ LEADING CITIZENS AND PHILANTHROPISTS, ABE PLOUGH. THE LANDSCAPING...
THE “CITY OF MEMPHIS” B-29 DID ITS SHARE John J. “Jim” Handwerker – Pilot TO WIN THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC THIRTEEN OTHER PILOTS AND THEIR CREWMEN HELPED MAKE IT HAPPEN TOO Jack T.Billings Ray...
4th Ferrying Group, Ferrying Division, Air Transport Command, United States Army Air Force Memphis, Tennessee 1942-1946 Delivered Aircraft & Supplies all over the world Dedicated to members of the...
Lt. Col. Luke Joseph Weathers, Jr. December 16, 1920 – October 15, 2011 Tuskegee Airman, FAA Air Traffic Control Specialist, and Memphis Civil Rights Pioneer Luke Joseph Weathers, Jr. moved to...
NORTH BERKELEY CONGREGATIONAL (GRACE NORTH) CHURCH James W. Plachek, Architect, 1913 When architect James Plachek was hired at the age of 29 to design this church, it was his first major...