Return from the Argonne

Historical marker location:

300 Water St, Montgomery, Alabama

( Memorial is on Water Street, 0.1 miles west of Commerce Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2021

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.