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When President Polk called for Mexican War volunteers in 1846, Griffin men formed a company they named the Fannin Avengers, honoring Col. James W. Fannin, the Georgian massacred with his command at Goliad during Texas's war for independence.
The Fannin Avengers is a historical marker in Griffin, Spalding County, erected in 2001. It is one of 32 historical markers documented in Spalding County, among 75 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.2259, -84.2686 near Griffin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Spalding Grays (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Candler Field Museum, Milner-Walker House, and Hill-Kurtz House.
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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