Admiral John Henry Towers

Rome native John Towers became Naval Aviator No. 3 and aviation's tireless champion; he organized the 1919 NC flying-boat expedition that made the first transatlantic flight and rose to four-star admiral.

Admiral John Henry Towers is a historical marker in Rome, Floyd County, erected in 2014. It is one of 31 historical markers documented in Floyd County, among 160 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.2573, -85.1677 near Rome. The nearest cataloged historic site is Spanish-American War Monument (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Carnegie Library, Oak Hill Cemetery, and Floyd County.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.