Surrender Site

Historical marker location:

Citronelle, Alabama

( Marker is on Center Street (County Route 41) 0.3 miles north of Boy Scout Road, on the right when traveling north.)

Marker installed: 1965

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.