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Herman Frank Arnold

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Herman Frank Arnold

Birth
Saxony, Germany
Death
10 Apr 1927 (aged 89)
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, USA GPS-Latitude: 35.1228867, Longitude: -90.0312729
Plot
Millere # 14 Gr. 5
Memorial ID
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Another memorial marker list his birthplace as Eilenburg, Prussia, which today would lie in the free state of Saxony in Germany.
First person to actually write down the music for the song "Dixie" and also led the band that played it for the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy. The tune appears on the monument.
Another memorial marker list his birthplace as Eilenburg, Prussia, which today would lie in the free state of Saxony in Germany.
First person to actually write down the music for the song "Dixie" and also led the band that played it for the inauguration of Jefferson Davis as President of the Confederacy. The tune appears on the monument.


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