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Thomas Talbot Monument

Thomas Talbot Monument

Located at Grant Park, Atlanta, Ga.

(text)

ERECTED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF

THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION

OF MACHINISTS, MAY 5, 1943, TO

THE MEMORY OF ITS FOUNDER,

THOMAS WILSON TALBOT

1849 - 1892

THROUGH WHOSE EFFORTS CAME LIGHT

OUT OF DARKNESS AND HOPE OUT OF

DESPAIR. AND THAT GENERATIONS TO

COME MIGHT EXTOL HIS GREATNESS,

THIS MONUMENT IS SOLEMNLY

DEDICATED TO FREE MEN EVERYWHERE

WHO TOIL FOR A LIVELIHOOD.

 


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