Patriot's Point Memorial

Historical marker location:

2603 US-98, Daphne, Alabama

( Memorial can be reached from the intersection of U.S. 98 and Whispering Pines Road.)

The city of Anniston, Alabama was the site of one of the most violent incidents of the Civil Rights Era. In 1961, a bus carrying Freedom Riders, a group of civil rights activists, was attacked and set on fire by a mob in Anniston.