The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
Born enslaved near Columbus in 1849 and blind from birth, the piano prodigy reproduced melodies by ear. Believed the first African American to perform at the White House, in 1860 for President Buchanan, he was exploited under lifelong guardianship.
Thomas Greene Bethune is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1983. 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 32.4562, -84.9950 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mass - Produced Ice Machines (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Wells-Bagley House, Octagon House, and John McIlhenny Home.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
See this site and every marker, cemetery, courthouse, museum, battlefield and landmark across Georgia on one live map — find what's near you, get directions, and collect sites as you roam.
Georgia