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Tuscumbia in Colbert County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
 

At This Well

 
 
At This Well Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, May 18, 2017
1. At This Well Marker
Inscription. Annie Sullivan Macy revealed the mystery of language to seven year old Helen Keller by spelling the word W-A-T-E-R into her hand as water flowed over the other hand
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: EducationWomen.
 
Location. 34° 44.353′ N, 87° 42.374′ W. Marker is in Tuscumbia, Alabama, in Colbert County. Marker can be reached from the intersection of Keller Lane and North Commons Street West, on the left when traveling north. Maker is located next to the water pump behind the Keller Home. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 North Commons Street West, Tuscumbia AL 35674, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Challenge / The Response (within shouting distance of this marker); The Moon Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); Ivy Green (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ethel Davis Plaza (about 600 feet away); Yellow Fever Epidemic 1878 / The 31 Victims of Yellow Fever Who died in Tuscumbia (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gov. Robert Burns Lindsay / Maud McKnight Lindsay (approx. ¼ mile away); William Winston Home (approx. 0.3 miles away); Never Forget Garden (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tuscumbia.
 
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 Ivy Green (Helen Keller Birthplace). National Park Service entry. (Submitted on September 14, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.) 
 
At This Well Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, May 18, 2017
2. At This Well Marker
At This Well Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Sandra Hughes, May 18, 2017
3. At This Well Marker
The statue by Edward Hlavka depicts a moment made famous in the biographical play and movie The Miracle Worker. It shows Keller as a seven-year-old girl wearing a pinafore over her dress. Detail of the ivy-entwined water pump with Keller's right hand. Detail of Keller's expression of astonishment. She stands at an ivy-entwined water pump with her right hand on the pump handle and her left beneath the spout to feel the flow of the water. Her expression of astonishment shows the moment when she and Annie Sullivan first communicated, by touch, the word "water."
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on September 14, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 25, 2017, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. This page has been viewed 447 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on July 25, 2017, by Sandra Hughes Tidwell of Killen, Alabama, USA. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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