In the early morning hours of April 10, 1949, Atlanta stayed awake for a farewell. Streetcar Number 897—flat-wheeled, rattling, and well past its prime—rolled out of the Butler Street barn for the last time, carrying with it six decades of memory. The Butler barn, the car barn for Atlanta’s … [Read more...]
The Monroe Doctrine Still Matters: America’s Enduring Claim to the Western Hemisphere
When James Monroe addressed Congress in December 1823, he could not have known that a few paragraphs embedded in an annual message would shape American foreign policy for more than two centuries. Yet the Monroe Doctrine—born in an age of sailing ships, European empires, and newly independent … [Read more...]
Once Upon a Time in College Park: Cox College
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 was around twenty years old, I made that trip often — sometimes two or three times a day whether I was … [Read more...]
A Lone Grave on Rocky Face: The Story of George Disney and the Orphan Brigade
High atop the craggy spine of Rocky Face Ridge in Whitfield County, Georgia, lies a single grave. The marble marker is simple, but the story behind it is anything but ordinary. Buried here is Private George Disney, a young English-born Kentuckian of the Confederate Orphan Brigade, who died in … [Read more...]
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