Chamblee in DeKalb County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
1917 ✯ Camp Gordon ✯ 1919
Photographed by David Seibert, December 7, 2008
1. 1917 * Camp Gordon * 1919 Marker
Built under the supervision of Major J.N. Pease, QM Corps, and engineered by Lockwood-Greene & Co., Camp Gordon was the largest construction project in Atlanta history to that time. Ready for troop occupancy in just five months, the camp's 2,400 acres included 1,635 buildings with barracks for 46,612 men and corral space for 7,688 horses and mules. The November 11, 1918 armistice ended "The Great War" and the need for Camp Gordon. It was salvaged and abandoned by 1921.
The Emory Unit served in France and was reactivated for World War II. Atlanta's own 82D Division fought with distinction in the St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives, suffered 8,077 casualties and produced the most decorated hero of the war, Sgt. Alvin York. It was reactivated for World War II as the 82D Airborne Division.
Erected 1988 by Georgia Department of Natural Resources. (Marker Number 044-91.)
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Location. 33° 52.617′ N, 84° 18.247′ W. Marker is in Chamblee, Georgia, in DeKalb County. It is on Airport Drive 0.6 miles east of Clairmont Road (Georgia Route 155), on the right. The marker is located at the end of Airport Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2000 Airport Drive, Atlanta GA 30341, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont and in Metro Atlanta. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 1941 ✯ Naval Air Station Atlanta ✯ 1959 (here, next to this marker); The Rainey Plantation (approx. 1.2 miles away); The Samuel House Plantation (approx. 1.3 miles away); Site: Blakes Mill (approx. 1½ miles away); Oglethorpe University (approx. 1½ miles away); Old Cross Keys (approx. 1.6 miles away); Dodge's & Blair's Columns Separate
Photographed by David Seibert, December 26, 2005
2. 1917 * Camp Gordon * 1919 Marker
The marker as originally installed on Airport Drive.
More about this marker. The marker was originally installed on Airport Drive near the Clairmont Road intersection. It was moved to the end of the Drive in 2007-2008, to a newly landscaped small park.
Photographed by David Seibert, December 7, 2008
3. 1917 * Camp Gordon * 1919 Marker
The marker (left) is installed with a flagpole, a small plaque, and the "1941 * Naval Air Station Atlanta * 1959" Historic Marker.
Photographed by John D. Thomas and Arthur S. Mole., 1918
4. The Human American eagle; 12,500 officers, nurses and men; Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga....
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. (Click on picture to enlarge.)
Photographed by Spencer & Wyckoff, 1918
5. 82nd Division review in honor Mrs. J.B. Gordon, Brigadier General Burnham commanding...
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress. (Click on picture to enlarge.)
Credits. This page was last revised on June 7, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 21, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 4,790 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 21, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 4, 5. submitted on November 13, 2015. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
