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SUMMER, 2009 • VOLUME 8, NUMBER 2 |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Vanishing Georgia: Children
of the Loom
A century ago,
thousands of children as young as seven years old toiled
in Georgia's textile mills, operating noisy and
dangerous machinery while inhaling the lint-filled air.
BY DANIEL M. ROPER • STATEWIDE |
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The Titanic Disaster
Affects a Small Georgia Town
New York City mourned
the death of author Jacques Futrelle when Titanic sank,
but word of his demise really hit home when it reached
Georgia.
BY DR. JOHN K. DERDEN • EMANUEL
COUNTY |
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Honoring America in Georgia
A spontaneous tribute at Atlanta's airport to soldiers
preparing to depart for Iraq reminds the author what it
means to be American.
BY JOHN J. LESJACK • FULTON COUNTY |
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The Last Hundred Yards
Fort Benning's National
Infantry Museum tells the story of the foot soldiers who
have been instrumental in defending our country and
taking the war to the enemy for more than two centuries.
BY BORDEN BLACK • MUSCOGEE & CHATTAHOOCHEE
COUNTIES |
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Genuine Georgia Backroads:
Metcalf Depot - A Story of Reclamation
Most every little town
in Georgia has a rustic old building or two crying for
renovation. Join us for a visit to one such place
- tiny Metcalf and its lovingly restored railroad depot.
BY LYNNE TAYLOR • THOMAS COUNTY |
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Georgia's Monster Mud Snake
(and an Anniversary to Remember)
Nothing says "I love
you!" like a wedding anniversary trip to a stream
inhabited by eel-eating aquatic snakes and leeches.
BY DIRK STEVENSON
• COOK COUNTY |
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Flannery O'Connor's
Andalusia Farm
Flannery O'Connor's serene Andalusia Farm was the
antithesis of her often gothic and grotesque writings,
yet the peaceful, bucolic homestead nurtured this gifted
Southern writer .
BY
MARY ANN ANERSON • BALDWIN COUNTY |
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The Monroe Girls Drum &
Bugle Corps: Georgia's Goodwill Ambassadors
From Grant Field to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
in New York City, the young ladies of the Monroe Girls
Drum & Bugle Corps marched into the hearts of Americans
from the 1950s until the early '80s.
BY HANK SEGARS • WALTON COUNTY |
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Finding Georgia's Lost Lamb
When a talented young author
won the 1934 Pulitzer
Prize for fiction, fans and critics alike anticipated
much more to come.
BY ROBERT LATIMER HURST • WARE AND APPLING
COUNTIES |
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Welcome South Brother!
WSB Radio has been serving Atlanta - and a surprising
segment of America - for nearly 90 years, with
well-known programs ranging from early morning farm
reports to late night baseball broadcasts when the
Braves were playing on the West Coast.
BY MICHAEL H. MCDOUGALD •
FULTON
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