On North Madison Street just north of West Jerger Street, on the right when traveling north.
Henry Ossian Flipper was born a slave in Thomasville on March 21, 1836. On June 14, 1877, he became the first black man to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. N.Y. He served with distinction during the Indian Wars in Texas and the . . . — — Map (db m176701) HM
On Wyoming Avenue at North Cebada Street, on the right when traveling west on Wyoming Avenue.
Henry Ossian Flipper (1856-1940) was the first African-American graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877. Born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia, he came from a family of achievers; his brothers were an African . . . — — Map (db m60727) HM