Hope Arrives

Historical marker location:

Birmingham, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Park Place and 22nd Street North, on the left when traveling east on Park Place.)

March Route for Education. Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail.

Alabama is home to the largest cast iron statue in the world. The Vulcan statue, located in Birmingham, stands 56 feet tall and weighs over 100,000 pounds. It was built in 1904 for the St. Louis World's Fair and was later brought to Birmingham as a symbol of the city's industrial might.