Near East National Cemetery Road (State Road S-21-13) 0.1 miles west of Stockade Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union . . . — — Map (db m149425) HM
Near Stockade Drive, 0.1 miles south of East National Cemetery Road (State Road S-21-13), on the right when traveling south.
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union . . . — — Map (db m149953) HM
Near East National Cemetery Road at South Gaillard Street.
All Gave Some – Some Gave All
This building will forever serve as a monument
to those who proudly served and protected their country.
Dedicated by
Florence County Council
Roger M. Poston . . . — — Map (db m149486) WM
Near South Woody Jones Boulevard, 0.3 miles north of David H. McLeod Boulevard.
This monument is presented to the people of Florence
for their exceptional hospitality and kindness.
Sculpted in memory of my parents -
Fannie and Marcus Palkovich
Survivors of Concentration Camps Auschwitz
and Mauthausen and . . . — — Map (db m149808) WM
On E. Palmetto St. (U.S. 76), on the left when traveling east.
American Legion Post #1 This post, organized in May 1919 and chartered by national headquarters in June 1919, was the first American Legion post in S.C. Florence County veterans J.D. Smyser, R.B. Fulton, and N.S. Lachicotte represented S.C. at . . . — — Map (db m38025) HM
On East Palmetto Street (U.S. 76) at University Road, on the right when traveling west on East Palmetto Street.
In 1958, in the midst of the Cold War, the U.S. Air Force accidentally dropped an atomic bomb near here. The unarmed 7,600-lb., 10'8"-long bomb was aboard a B-47E bomber on a training mission headed for England. Its high-explosive trigger detonated . . . — — Map (db m132036) HM
Near Woody Jones Boulevard, 0.7 miles west of David H McLeod Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
These European Sessile Oak trees from Belleau Wood Battlefield in France are a living memorial to honor those 1,811 Marines, Soldiers, and Sailors who perished defending freedom during the Battle of Belleau Wood in June 1918. Let these trees also . . . — — Map (db m222622) WM
Jews have lived in Florence since the city’s founding in the 1850s and were among its early civic leaders. Local Jews first formally organized in 1887 as the Florence Hebrew Benevolent Association. The group’s mission was to promote community and . . . — — Map (db m224005) HM
Near East National Cemetery Road at South Gaillard Street, on the left when traveling west.
Brooke Rifled Cannon, VI.4-inch
S-53
1864
Confederate Naval Foundry & Ordnance Works
Selma, Alabama
10,600 pounds
142” length
On loan from United States General Services Administration
The VI.4-inch Brooke has been . . . — — Map (db m168230) HM
Near East National Cemetery Road, 0.1 miles Stockade Drive, on the right when traveling west.
AMVETS dedicated this Carillon as a
living memorial to America’s Veterans
who served their country honorably
for the cause of freedom
June 6, 1987
Florence National Cemetery
Florence South Carolina
“… As these . . . — — Map (db m149439) WM
Marker front:
First organized as a chapel in 1843 by the Rev. N.P. Tillinghast of Trinity Church, Society Hill, this church was formally established as Christ Church, Mars Bluff, in 1856. The Rev. Augustus Moore, who took over the chapel in . . . — — Map (db m20488) HM
On West Evans Street west of North Dargan Street, on the right when traveling west.
On March 3-4, 1960, members of the Florence Youth branch of the NAACP staged protest demonstrations here at the former S.H. Kress store. Wilson H.S. students marched from
Trinity Baptist Church to sit at the store's lunch counter, . . . — — Map (db m209477) HM
Near East National Cemetery Road (State Highway 13).
(Front):
One each side of this marker lie the remains of approximately 2300 Union soldiers who died as prisoners in the Florence Prison Stockade, between September 1864 and February 1865. The Stockade was located across Cemetery Street on . . . — — Map (db m45963) HM
On S. Ebenezer Rd. (County Route 112) 0.1 miles north of Pine Needles Road, on the left when traveling south.
Side A In January of 1778 Ebenezer Baptist Church was constituted by pioneer minister Evan Pugh and Richard Furman, for whom Furman University is named. Admitted to the Charleston Baptist Association in 1778, the church was incorporated in . . . — — Map (db m38022) HM
On Wilson Street south of South Carolina Road 21-1508, on the right when traveling north.
In 1949, Ebony Guest House, a prominent local tourist home for African Americans, opened at this site. It was owned and operated by Mary C. Holmes (1900-1981), a native of Williamsburg Co. who moved to Florence in the 1920s. She lived next door . . . — — Map (db m224007) HM
On South Dargan St at East Palmetto Street (U.S. 76), on the left when traveling south on South Dargan St.
The brick house at the corner of Palmetto St. and Dargan St. was built c.1919 as the home of Dr. Frank Hilton McLeod (1868-1944). In 1906, McLeod founded the Florence Infirmary on W. Cheves St., adjacent to his personal residence. To allow for the . . . — — Map (db m218439) HM
On Hoffmeyer Rd. close to W. Darlington Street Ext., on the right when traveling west.
Florence Depot The original depot named Florence was built here in 1852, where the Wilmington & Manchester RR crossed present-day Hoffmeyer Rd. It was named for Florence Harllee (1848-1927), daughter of the railroad's president, William W. . . . — — Map (db m38023) HM
On South Dargan Street (State Road 21-354) south of East Elm Street (State Road 21-175), on the right when traveling north.
Florence High School. This three-story building was constructed in 1921 to house Florence High School. A fireproof facility, it was designed by architect William J. Wilkins and built of brick and reinforced concrete by contractors Haynsworth . . . — — Map (db m224003) HM
On Stockade Drive, 0.1 miles south of E. National Cemetery Road.
The Florence National Cemetery
established in 1865
is this day re-dedicated
to the memory of all the
patriotic men and women
who answered their
country's call to service
their inspiring contribution
will help preserve in the
. . . — — Map (db m45967) HM
Near East National Cemetery Road, 0.1 miles Stockade Drive, on the right when traveling west.
National Cemetery
In 1865, the U.S. Army quartermaster general designated the original 3.76-acre prison cemetery as Florence National Cemetery. It contains not only the bodies of Union prisoners who died in Florence, but soldiers removed . . . — — Map (db m149474) HM
Near Stockade Drive, 0.1 miles south of East National Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling south.
Florence Prison Stockade
In early September 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union army took Atlanta and came within striking range of the large Confederate prison at Andersonville, Georgia. he Confederate government responded to . . . — — Map (db m149984) HM
On East National Cemetery Road (State Highway 13), on the right when traveling east.
This boulder was placed here
by the United Daughters of
the Confederacy of
Florence, S.C. January 27, 1947
To record the fact that
directly south of this spot
was situated a stockade where
6,500 Federal prisoners
were . . . — — Map (db m45962) HM
Florence Veterans Park Dedicated November 11, 2008 to all Pee Dee area veterans who have proudly served in the United States Armed Forces. Committee Members In recognition of their vision and commitment to this worthy project. Rick Walden, . . . — — Map (db m52256) HM
On Palmetto Street (U.S. 76/301), on the right when traveling west.
Erected in 1971 by the state of South Carolina as a memorial to General Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" whose guerrilla war tactics during American Revolution made him the chief scourge of the British in eastern South Carolina — — Map (db m52273) HM
On East Darlington Street east of North Dargan Street.
(side 1)
Frank Mandeville Rogers Jr. (1857-1945) of Florence Co. was influential in the introduction of Bright Leaf Tobacco in S.C. In 1884-85, he raised, cured, and sold a plot of tobacco on his Mars Bluff plantation, proving its . . . — — Map (db m222136) HM
Near Woody Jones Boulevard, 0.4 miles east of West Radio Drive, on the left when traveling east.
The Gold Star Family Monument recognizes the pain, grief, and agony that Gold Star Family members endure with the death of a parent, child, spouse, sibling, or other loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the United States . . . — — Map (db m149949) WM
(side 1)
This house, built as a one-room tenant house ca. 1890 and later enlarged several times, features a narrow front porch and rear shed room addition typical of many tenant houses on plantations and farms in the post-Civil War . . . — — Map (db m223535) HM
Near East National Cemetery Road (State Highway S-21-13) at South Gaillard Street, on the left when traveling west.
During the Civil War, the Confederate Navy operated a large and well-guarded shipyard on the east bank of the great Pee Dee River at Mars Bluff, Marion County. The largest vessel constructed at the site was the 150 ft. wooden gunship CSS Peedee, . . . — — Map (db m149488) HM
On Timrod Park Drive west of South Coit Street, on the left when traveling west.
Henry Timrod (1828-1867), Civil War era poet and SC native, taught school in this building in the years immediately preceding the outbreak of the Civil War. He had been visiting his sister Emily in Mars Bluff, later Florence County, in early . . . — — Map (db m222152) HM
On State Highway 76 at Wallace Woods Road, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 76.
The African Americans who built the two hewn-timber cabins that stand 200 yds. S. on Wallace Woods Road were brought to Mars Bluff as slaves in 1836. They lived in these cabins on the cotton plantation of J. Eli Gregg, in what was then Marion . . . — — Map (db m18203) HM
On North Dargan Street south of East Darlington Street, on the right when traveling north.
(side 1)
The 200 and 300 blocks of N. Dargan St. were once the center of a thriving African American business district in Florence. A number of black-owned businesses operated here, including restaurants, barber shops, funeral parlors . . . — — Map (db m222143) HM
Near South Woody Jones Boulevard, 0.3 miles north of David H. McLeod Boulevard.
Dedicated to the men and
women who have served in our
nation’s Armed Forces and to
their families who have provided
fidelity and loving support.
Home Safe was designed and sculpted by Florence resident and internationally . . . — — Map (db m149714) WM
On Old River Road (County Route 57), on the left when traveling north.
Front
This church, organized ca. 1770, is the first Presbyterian church in what is now Florence County. Many of its founding families came to S.C. from Scotland and Ireland. The first church here, a frame building, stood across Old River . . . — — Map (db m37328) HM
Near South Woody Jones Boulevard, 0.3 miles north of David H McLeod Blvd.
In Honor of
All Korean
War Veterans
Pusan • Inchon • Chosin Reservoir • Pork Chop Hill
Old Baldy • Outpost Harry, and Heartbreak Ridge
Were All Crucial Battles Where Brave Men
and Women Served in the Treacherous . . . — — Map (db m149698) WM
On Spruce Street at Graham Street, on the right when traveling east on Spruce Street.
(side 1)
This Art Moderne house, completed in 1939 for Joseph Maner Lawton, has housed the Florence Museum since 1953. It was designed by Sanborn Chuse, then an engineering student influenced by Moderne architecture in France and later a . . . — — Map (db m222582) HM
On Fore Road north of Hunt Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported unreadable.
This is the center of Mars Bluff, a rural community 8 mi. across in both directions, bounded by the Great Pee Dee River, Black Creek, & Jefferies Creek. A ferry across the Great Pee Dee began operation in 1767. Patriot and Loyalist militia later . . . — — Map (db m223538) HM
On Francis Marion Road north of Old Wallace Gregg Road, on the right when traveling north.
(side 1)
From the 18th century until c. 1920, African American farmers grew rice in nearby fields. While not a major cash crop in this part of S.C., rice was a staple on local plantations, where enslaved people grew it using African . . . — — Map (db m222576) HM
On West Cheves Street west of South Dargan Street, on the right when traveling west.
(front)
The McLeod Infirmary was located here in 1906, inspired by the need to provide access to local medical and surgical care for people in the region. Frank Hilton McLeod was born in Richmond Co., N.C. in 1868 and graduated from the . . . — — Map (db m218364) HM
On Mechanicsville Road (County Route 63) at Range Way, on the right when traveling north on Mechanicsville Road.
Born in Darlington District in 1845, this Confederate War veteran witnessed the firing attack on the Union steamer Star of the West, as it attempted to reinforce Ft. Sumter Jan. 9, 1861. He participated in skirmishes at Tullifinny River near . . . — — Map (db m38019) HM
On N. Ebenezer Rd., 0.2 miles north of Hoffmeyer Road, on the right when traveling west.
Side A This church, founded in 1806 in what was Darlington District until Florence County was founded in 1888, grew out of an early Methodist “Society.” Rev. Thomas Humphries (d. 1820), who served this and other area circuits, . . . — — Map (db m38024) HM
(Front):
In honor of all
American
Prisoners of War
and
Missing in Action
Dedicated by
Rolling Thunder®
South Carolina Chapter 4 Florence
2008
(Reverse):
POW✯MIA emblem, WWI, . . . — — Map (db m52250) HM
This monument contains limestone damaged in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. It was recovered from the west facade of the Pentagon and is placed in remembrance of the 2,977 individuals killed in the attacks on our homeland. 184 perished at . . . — — Map (db m52253) WM
Near Woody Jones Boulevard at Florence Rail Trail, on the right when traveling east.
The Dreadnaught Battleship USS South Carolina (BB 26) was in service from 1 July 1908 – 15 Dec 1921. She was the third of four ships that have been named for the Palmetto State. During the early part of World War I, the USS South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m166867) HM WM
On North Coit Street at West NB Baroody Street, on the left when traveling north on North Coit Street.
Just west of this point on March 5, 1865 a skirmish took place between a Regiment of Sherman's Cavalry and Cavalrymen from the Regiments of Wheeler and Colcock. The Federals were defeated and hastened to join Sherman's main army enroute to North . . . — — Map (db m222127) HM WM
(Front)
Built C.S.N. Navy Yard, Pee Dee, S. C. 1864
Burned to avoid capture March 15, 1865.
“No Nation rose so white and fair, None fell so pure of crime.”
(Reverse)
Boulder Donated by Winnsboro Granite Co.
Model . . . — — Map (db m222587) HM
On South Park Avenue north of West Pine Street, on the right when traveling north.
To the six million Jews and countless people of other faiths driven to pitiless death …victims of merciless hate…
Their very presence on earth was begrudged them because they were a symbol of god's eternal law… may they never be forgotten… . . . — — Map (db m224004) WM
Uncommon valor was a common virtue.
United States Marine Corps established Nov. 10, 1775
Detachment 410 chartered Oct. 14, 1977
Monument dedicated May 1, 2010
The Julian D. Dusenbury MCL detachment 410 honors all Marines who served . . . — — Map (db m52249) HM
Near North Coit Street at West NB Baroody Street, on the right when traveling north.
On this corner the women of the Pee Dee Section established in 1861 a home for the relief of passing Confederate soldiers.
In 1862 this home was assigned to the Confederate government for a Wayside Hospital with Dr. Theodore Dargan as . . . — — Map (db m222128) HM WM
On West Darlington Street at North Irby Street, on the right when traveling east on West Darlington Street.
(side 1)
Trinity Baptist organized in 1868, with Rev. Wesley J. Parnell (d. 1873) serving as its first pastor. The church initially met at the home of members Jacob and Sarah Lindsey on Front St. before obtaining a property at the corner . . . — — Map (db m222132) HM
Near South Woody Jones Boulevard, 0.3 miles north of David H. McLeod Boulevard.
(front)
Let this monument serve as a reminder of the men and women who have served in our nation’s Air Force. Their loyalty and their sacrifice will never be forgotten.
(rear)
"To all who wore the Air Force Blue
To all the . . . — — Map (db m222630) WM
Near S Woody Jones Boulevard, 0.3 miles north of David H. McLeod Boulevard.
Dedicated to the Men and Women of the
United States Coast Guard
Semper Paratus
Always Prepared
US Coast Guard Cutter Comanche (WPG-76) Anchor
• The 165-foot “A” class cutter, Comanche, was . . . — — Map (db m149928) WM
Near Woody Jones Boulevard, 0.7 miles west of David H McLeod Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
USS Arizona (BB-39) was a US Navy Pennsylvania Class Super Dreadnaught Battleship built in the second decade of the 20th century and named in honor of our 48th state. She was used for training, escort duty, and as a representative of US interests . . . — — Map (db m222615) HM WM
On W. Palmetto Street (U.S. 76) close to S. Cashua Drive, on the right when traveling east.
A veteran of the Revolution, William Gee served as a private with the Continental Line of N.C. and moved to this area before 1797. He was one of the original members of the Washington Society, organized in 1803 to establish an academy on Jeffries . . . — — Map (db m38021) HM
On Eest Palmetto Street (U.S. 76) just west of Kemp Street.
Marker Front:
William Henry Johnson (1901-1970), one of the most important African-American artists of the 20th century, was born nearby on Cox Street. His family later lived on the corner of Cheves and Kemp Streets. In 1918, at the age of . . . — — Map (db m20490) HM
On Old River Road (County Route 57) 0.2 miles east of Francis Marion Road, on the right when traveling north.
President of Wilmington & Manchester Railroad and a founder of the city of Florence, Harllee (1812-1897) was also a general in the SC Militia, signer of Ordinance of Secession, Lt. Governor (1860-62), member of the General Assembly, and president . . . — — Map (db m37307) HM
On E. Palmetto St. (U.S. 76) close to S. Dargan Street, on the left when traveling east.
Wilson School Wilson School, later Wilson High School, was the first public school in Florence, and stood here from 1866 to 1906. At first a private school for black children, it was established by the New England Branch of the Freedmen’s . . . — — Map (db m38026) HM
Near Woody Jones Boulevard, 0.4 miles east of West Radio Drive, on the left when traveling east.
Dulce et Decorum est Pro Patria Mori
In Memory of the Service Men
From Florence County, South Carolina
Who gave their lives in the World War
1914 – 1918
To The End That Liberty
Should not perish from the Earth
White . . . — — Map (db m149858) WM
Dedicated to the Men and Women of Florence County who answered the call of America in World War II *and* In memory of those who gave their young lives for God and Country Placed by The United Daughters of the Confederacy of Florence, South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m52255) HM
These pines dedicated with reverence as a living memorial to those who served in World War II Wildwood Garden Club February 2, 1945 — — Map (db m54662) HM
Near Woody Jones Boulevard, 0.7 miles west of David H McLeod Boulevard, on the right when traveling west.
World War II was the most devastating war in history. Savage combat transpired 1939-1945 between two alliances, the majority of the world's countries & 100,000,000 military personnel. The consequences were massive destruction & 70,000,000 - . . . — — Map (db m222631) HM WM
On W Palmetto Street (U.S. 76) at Twin Church Road (South Carolina Highway 106), on the right when traveling west on W Palmetto Street.
In 1925 U. S. Secretary of Commerce
Herbert Hoover, later U. S.
President, inspected Fred Young's
dairy farm following recognition of
one of its Jerseys, Sensation's
Mikado's Millie, as a world champion
butter-fat producer. The house . . . — — Map (db m11178) HM
