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THE RAINBOW VIADUCT WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE A

THE RAINBOW VIADUCT WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE A
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Location: RICHARD ARINGON JR. BOULEVARD NORTH AND 1ST AVENUE SOUTH

City: BIRMINGHAM

State: Alabama

Zip Code: 35203

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Bridges

Year Dedicated: 1919

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: WORLD WAR I

Photograph By: TIM CARR

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

DEDICATED TO THE BRAVE MEN OF THE 167TH INFANTRY WHO FOUGHT TO PRESERVE OUR FREEDOM
ON MAY 10, 1919 SOON AFTER ITS COMPLETION, THIS 21ST STREET VIADUCT WAR NAMED THE RAINBOW VIADUCT IN TRIBUTE TO ALABAMA’S FAMOUS 167TH INFANTRY OF THE RAINBOW DIVISION, RENOWNED FOR BRAVERY AND HONOR, THE 167TH WAS THE NATION’S ONLY REGIMENT IN WORLD WAR I REFERRED TO BY ITS HOME STATE-“THE ALABAMA.”
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