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State of Tennessee
Historic Markers of Marion County
Marker 2B - 31
"James Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr.
Captain, USAF
1920-1948"
Marker Side 1
Marker Side 2
The South Pittsburg Historic Preservation Society received approval in February 2006 for the Tennessee Historical Commission marker for James Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr., a South Pittsburg native who was the second man to break the sound barrier. The Society raised the $1500 cost of the marker, which was delivered by the Tennessee Department of Transportation on July 14, just one day after Fitz-Gerald's 86th birthday. For more on his amazing story, please click on the following link: Fitz-Gerald.
Location at 300 Elm Avenue (Front of American Legion Hall), South Pittsburg, (Marion County), Tennessee.
Photographs by Dennis Lambert
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The above Tennessee historic marker in honor of the life of James Thomas Fitz-Gerald, Jr. was officially dedicated at 2:00 P.M. CST on Sunday, October 29, 2006 in front of the American Legion Hall located at the corner of Elm Avenue and Third Street.
