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Turner Memorial

On Turner Street just north of the Visitor's Center near Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
This memorial monument honors Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, appointed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 as the first black chaplain in the Union army. After the Civil War, he joined the A.M.E. (African Methodist Episcopal) Church, in which he was made a bishop in 1880.

Map | Next Stop: William Scarbrough House

Intro
A. Turner Memorial
B. William Scarbrough House
C. First Bryan Baptist Church
D. First African Baptist Church
E. U.S. Custom House
F. 426 East Saint Julian Street
G. Second African Baptist Church
H. Beach Institute, African-American Cultural Center
I. King-Tisdell Cottage Museum
J. First Congregational Church