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Georgia Urged to Honor Dr. Crawford Long and Alexander Stephens
Georgia lawmakers are urged by Mildred Rutherford to fund statues honoring Dr. Crawford W. Long and Alexander H. Stephens in the Washington Hall of Statuary. The appeal notes Long’s ether anesthesia and Stephens’ Confederate role, stressing Georgia’s delay harms state pride and educational heritage.
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Bell Telephone
Mildred Rutherford
Georgia
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Alexander H. Stephens
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Mississippi
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Georgia University
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U. S
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America
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