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President’s Day Week: Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

Posted in National Historic Site, tagged , , , on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Why rise at 5 a.m. to drive across Georgia from Macon to Plains, population 700? Among Plains’ residents are Rossalyn and Jimmy Carter, and the former President and Nobel Peace Prize winner was teaching Sunday school that morning. We were thrilled and excited, but we had doubts. Would we be welcome in this small town? [...]

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Week: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site

Posted in National Historic Site, tagged , , , , on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Day. Wait a sec, I don’t have off work until Monday. What gives? Well, today is his official born on date, January 15, 1929. He would have been 79. What should you do to celebrate, either today or Monday? Today has already happened so there’s little wiggle room there. [...]

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Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site

Posted in National Historic Site, tagged , , , , , , on February 5, 2005 | 2 Comments »

Atlanta, Ga. Visited: February 5, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 144 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? Two blocks in the historic Atlanta district of “Sweet Auburn” that tell the story Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life as framed by the greater struggle for civil rights in America. BEAUTY (5/10) A short promenade [...]

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Fort Pulaski National Monument

Posted in National Monument, tagged , , , , on February 3, 2005 | 2 Comments »

near Tybee Island, Ga. Visited: February 3, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 143 of 353 NPS Website WHAT IS IT? One of 30 coastal forts built after the War of 1812 to protect the United States from foreign naval invasion. Fort Pulaski saw its only action early in 1861, during the start of the Civil War. [...]

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Fort Frederica National Monument

Posted in National Monument, tagged , , , , , on February 2, 2005 | 3 Comments »

St. Simons Island, Ga. Visited: February 2, 2005 NPS Site Visited: 142 of 353 NPS Website; Local Website WHAT IS IT? James Oglethorpe, leader and founder of the Georgia colony, began construction of Frederica Town in 1736. It was the southernmost outpost under British rule. Today, only the ruins remain. BEAUTY (4/10) Fort Frederica must [...]

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Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

Posted in National Historic Site, tagged , , , , , , , on December 19, 2004 | 2 Comments »

Plains, Ga. Visited: December 19, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 129 of 353 NPS Website; Maranatha Baptist Church WHAT IS IT? Numerous buildings in Plains, Georgia, the boyhood and current home of the 39th U.S. president, Jimmy Carter. The Site celebrates Carter’s life as well as life in a typical rural southern town. BEAUTY (3/10) Buildings [...]

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Andersonville National Historic Site

Posted in National Historic Site, tagged , , , , , , on December 19, 2004 | 3 Comments »

Andersonville, Ga. Visited: December 19, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 130 of 353 NPS Website WHAT IS IT? Site of the infamous Civil War prison camp officially named Fort Sumter but known in the North as Andersonville. The Park also includes the National Prisoner of War Museum. BEAUTY (3/10) While in operation, Andersonville was a real [...]

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Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park

Posted in National Military Park, tagged , , , , , on December 16, 2004 | 3 Comments »

Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. and Chattanooga, Tenn. Visited: December 16, 2004 NPS Site Visited: 127 of 353 NPS Website WHAT IS IT? The Site consists of two separate Parks commemorating two different battles. The Chickamauga Battlefield remembers of one of the bloodiest battles of the U.S. Civil War. The Battle of Lookout Mountain, fought a month [...]

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