Historical Marker
Korean War
Historical marker location:
200 Monroe Street Northwest, Huntsville, Alabama
( Memorial is at the intersection of Monroe Street Northwest and Washington Street Northwest, on the left when traveling east on Monroe Street Northwest.)
Marker installed: 2011
Huntsville Madison County Veterans Memorial.
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.