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These three African American men were tied to Tybee through the sea and WWI: Green and Sanders worked at Hotel Tybee and were drafted in 1917, while waterman John Curry knew the local creeks so well he reportedly once guided Dwight Eisenhower through the inlet.
Louis Green and Joseph Sanders/John Curry is a historical marker in Tybee Island, Chatham County. It is one of 339 historical markers documented in Chatham County, among 480 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 32.0219, -80.8455 near Tybee Island. The nearest cataloged historic site is Albertha “Bertha” Lucas Tattnall and Edward “Bones” Tattnall/Henrietta Farabee (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The 1st Tybee Island Day Mark • The 2nd Tybee Island Day Mark 1742-1768, Savannah River Light, and Journal of the Light-House Station.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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