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Rules, regulations and fines
It’s pretty easy to imagine the amount of difficulty the newly chartered City of Atlanta experienced trying to bring the rule of law to a community that, since its inception, essentially had no laws. Atlanta, in its early days, was little more than a rowdy, frontier, railroad camp and, in the minds of many of […]
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Man of the house
When George moved from his home in Alabama to the City of Atlanta, he was only 16 years old but, none the less, he was acutely aware that the responsibility for the well-being of his mother and his 5-siblings rested squarely on his shoulders. Amid the fervor and chaos of an Atlanta recovering from the […]
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Atlanta Dogwood Festival – Piedmont Park – April 12, 2019
Note: Continuing a series about great Atlanta events that are canceled or postponed in 2021 due to Covid, and will hopefully return in 2022. Kelly
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His honor, the saloonkeeper
Following the granting of an official charter by the State of Georgia, the City of Atlanta was obligated to elect a city government. If the number of fistfights that broke out in the city are any indication, Atlantans apparently felt very passionate about the person who should hold the title of Atlanta’s first mayor. The […]
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Sacred Site Ceremony – Chattahoochee Brick Company site – April 3, 2021
Maria Saporta’s story on Norfolk Southern terminating its plans to build on the former Chattahoochee Brick Company site: https://saportareport.com/norfolk-southern-kills-its-plans-for-chattahoochee-brick/sections/reports/maria_saporta/
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GA Tech night school
Coming out of Reconstruction, the City of Atlanta was experiencing growing pains but one of the more positive results of Atlanta’s emergence as an up-and-coming city was the founding of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Georgia Tech had been founded in 1885 as part of a plan to build a Southern industrial economy. At its […]
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Atlanta Persian Festival – Piedmont Park – March 31, 2019 & April 1, 2018
Note: Continuing a series about great Atlanta events that are canceled or postponed in 2021 due to Covid, but will hopefully return in 2022. Kelly
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The Penny Problem
One of the most sought-after attributes in our fast-paced, never enough time lives is convenience. As with the mousetrap, create something truly convenient and the world will beat a path to your door. The microwave oven, overnight shipping and drive-thru windows come to mind and, if you think about it, you’d probably agree with the […]
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The Stepfather
Donn’s father was a well-respected mathematics and psychology professor. He was, in fact, the chairman of the mathematics department of an Oklahoma university. Unfortunately for Donn, he lost his father at the age of six months to Leukemia. The family moved to Atlanta, where Donn would graduate from Booker T. Washington high school. It was […]
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Atlanta Science Festival Expos – 2018 and 2019
Note: The Science Festival is largely online in 2021 due to Covid, but hopefully the fabulous Expo will return in person in 2022! Kelly
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Alvin York slept here
America’s entry into World War One required the country ramp up its training efforts in order to accommodate the thousands of conscripted servicemen who were joining the war effort. Sixteen temporary camps, or cantonments as they were known, were built at locations around the country. One of those camps was constructed on the outskirts of […]
