Hero's Memorial

Hero's Memorial is a Georgia historical marker in Muscogee County, dedicated 1953.

Located at the intersection of 10th Avenue and 4th Street in Columbus.

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North of this marker in the Porterdale Cemetery is the grave of Bragg Smith over which the City of Columbus erected a marble memorial to commemorate an outstanding deed of heroism. The text reads: "Erected by the City of Columbus to mark the resting place of Bragg Smith, who died on September 30, 1903, at the age of 32, in the heroic but fruitless effort to rescue the city engineer from a caving excavation on Eleventh Street. 'Honor and fame from no condition rise. Act well your part, there all the honor lies.'"

Marker not in place due to damage or maintenance Note from the marker program.

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Historical maps covering this location

1869 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1889 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1908 · Columbus, Georgia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Georgia, 1869, covering the location of Hero's Memorial, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Georgia, 1869, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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This historical marker is part of the Georgia Historical Marker Program and was erected by the Georgia Historical Commission. Marker texts and locations come from the Society's own marker database.

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