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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