Here's a big HELLO to those of you who might find yourself here through a Google search, or you are a long-time subscriber to this site via Feedburner and/or RSS Feed. I've moved! I'd love to ...
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I've written and published a book! Of course, that was my intention when I began writing online way back in 2006 while I was still in the classroom, but the book I've published isn't exactly t...
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When thinking about past events it is easy to speed up time. For example, several events occurring over a few weeks can be interpreted in just a few days especially once they hit the movie sc...
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People lament all the time that the old Atlanta is gone – torn down, built over, swept away and forgotten. I think the past is still with us in a tangible way such as the Tullie Smith house ...
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Arcadia Publishing has recently announced two new titles in their Images of America series focusing on the towns of Smyrna and Stone Mountain. The Images of America series are unique in that t...
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The colony of Georgia was named to honor King George II. This list of 13 things concerning his life is by no means complete, but is a list of things I found to be highlights of interest. ...
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One of the iconic images of World War II happens to be Rosie the Riveter representing thousands of women who entered the work force at a time when the majority of Americans felt a woman's place w...
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By the time I was aware of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad depot buildings they were all but abandoned since the railroad no longer used them by the mid-1960s. Red Oak's depot was moved to a...
http://mymindisongeorgia.blogspot.com/2013/10/palmettos-railroad-depot-museum.html
Are you on Pinterest? I have an account, but my four or five little boards there are awfully lonely. I’ve ignored Pinterest on purpose. I’m afraid once I dive in there will be no sa...
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I wish I had a five dollar bill for every time I ventured up Highway 29/Roosevelt Highway from Red Oak to downtown College Park. I’d have a tidy sum to invest. From the age of four until I w...
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When we look at the Civil War era the war overshadows everything else. As a teacher I taught the causes, the battles and the aftermath, but generally due to time constraints I left something i...
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Way back in 1896 a group of men formed a club to honor their favorite poet, and by 1907 they wanted to build a clubhouse. What else is new, right? It begins in childhood – groups of boys wa...
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If we are really honest with ourselves we all have a few enemies. Some are real, and some are imagined. Some enemies are bad habits while others are thoughts and feelings, too. Sometimes w...
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The subject of the Confederate Navy is not generally touched on during history courses in our high schools, middle schools, or even the history curriculum I used to teach fourth and fifth graders...
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Some months ago my husband and I took a little field trip over to the Atlanta Zoo . While there we visited the Cyclorama , too. Walking through the exhibits I noticed a picture of this house. ...
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If you check basic records spanning across the 237 year history of the United States you discover time after time counties, cities, buildings, bodies of water, people, and even a state have been ...
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In 1974, the Georgia Supreme Court upheld a criminal sentence for a woman who was banished from seven different counties for a year. Immediately two questions pop into my head. Seven counties...
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It's been many weeks since I participated in Wordless Wednesday. This picture of the Atlanta airport as I remember it when I was a little girl prompted me to participate. You can like Geor...
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In 1900, W.E.B. Du Bois - then a professor of sociology at Atlanta University - now known as Clark Atlanta University - compiled a series of 363 photographs in two albums titled Types of Americ...
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Think about this for a minute... What would happen if a rock formation in the shape of an eagle was discovered on a construction site? Construction would stop, all sorts of experts would be ca...
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I regularly visit our local history museum in Douglasville for obvious reasons since I research and write about local history for our local news outlets and my Douglas County history blog as we...
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One of my favorite movies from the late 1950s is A Summer Place mainly because I like Sandra Dee, and I'm in awe of the scenery. The story is set along the coast of Maine, but was filmed on the ...
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My parents periodically had out of state friends visit us, and of course, we always took them to see the sites. In the late 1960s and 70s the sites included the Varsity, a trip to the airport to ...
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Recently I read something that said Douglasville, Georgia is “known for nothing.” Considering I’ve spent the last few years of my life learning the fascinating history of my little area ...
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Even though we finally got a few days of sun here in the Atlanta area, it’s cold. It’s freezing cold. It…is…brutal....damn…cold. I could blame my age for my aches and pains that ...
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