Fort Stoddert

Historical marker location:

Mt. Vernon, Alabama

( Marker is on Old Military Road East (Alabama Route 96) 0.1 miles Old Military Road South (Alabama Route 96), on the right when traveling north.)

Mount Vernon History Trail.

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.