The Phantom

Historical marker location:

Florence, Alabama

( Marker is on Veterans Park Drive, 0.2 miles east of South Cox Creek Parkway (Alabama Route 133), on the left when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2013

The first known use of the phrase "Roll Tide" was in a 1907 Birmingham News article that referred to the University of Alabama football team. The phrase became a rallying cry for Alabama football fans and is still used today.