Buffalo Soldiers

Historical marker location:

2800 Poplar Avenue NW, Huntsville, Alabama

( Memorial is at the intersection of Poplar Avenue NW and Yukon Street NW, on the right when traveling west on Poplar Avenue NW.)

Marker installed: 2014

Huntsville, AL.

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.