He Helped Bring And Keep Fort Benning

Mallory Flournoy led the World War I effort to secure Camp Benning, helping propose the spacious site south of Columbus that became the permanent post. He died in 1920, the strain of that work said to have hastened his death.

He Helped Bring And Keep Fort Benning is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1956. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.4763, -84.9579 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dismukes, Robert E., Sr., House (historic place), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Hilton, Wynnton School Library, and Cedars, The.

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