In honor of
Archibald Willingham Butt
born in Augusta Sept. 26, 1865
Graduated in the University
of the South, 1880.
Major in the United States Army.
Trusted Aide-de-Camp
of two presidents.
Major Butt went to his death
on the steamer Titanic after
the rescue of the women and
children from the ill-fated
vessel, April 15, 1912.
In memory of his noble and lovable
qualities as a man, his courage and
high sense of duty as a soldier,
his loyalty and efficiency as a
public servant, his fellow-citizens
of Augusta dedicated this bridge.
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