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Statues and sculptures in the ATL – various times and places
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Moving the Mile Marker
In its earliest days, folks referred to the area around the Zero Mile Post as Thrasherville. John Thrasher had come to the region in 1839 to build an embankment for the Monroe Railroad and, to...
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Atlanta Science Festival Exploration Expo 2023 – coming in 2025 to Piedmont...
To see fuller versions of the photos, click on any image and swipe right or left.Mark Lannaman has the details on the return of the Atlanta Science Festival. The post Atlanta Science Festival...
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A Founding Father Arrives
It was competition from the State of South Carolina that finally prompted the Georgia legislature to act on the recommendation that former governor Wilson Lumpkin had made to the state in 1826. Lumpkin...
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Atlanta St. Patrick’s Parade – Peachtree St. – March 15, 2025
To see fuller versions of the photos, click on any image and swipe right or left.Look back on the fun and festivities of Atlanta’s 2024 St. Patrick’s Parade.Check out photos from the 2022 St. Patrick’s...
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The Nickname
You might be familiar with the term “Y’allywood.” It is a nickname that many have recently applied to Atlanta. For those not into, as The Dude would say, the whole brevity thing, perhaps you’re...
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Reflecting on Atlanta Architecture
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Waiting for a Train
The terminus for the Western & Atlantic railroad line had, in 1842, been moved from land lot #78 onto 5 acres of land donated to the state by Samuel Mitchell, the owner of land lot #77. Former...
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Delta turns 100 – Hartfield Jackson International Airport- various dates
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The Chief Engineer
There is an interesting side benefit to reading about history and it has to do with being able to predict the future. Well, not so much “the” future as “a” future. At various stages along the path of...
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