Today visitors to Sweetwater Creek State Park often come in search of the haunting ruins of the New Manchester Manufacturing Company, the once-thriving textile mill village destroyed during the Civil War in July 1864. Yet just upstream from that famous site stood another important industrial … [Read more...]
The Last Streetcar Ride: How Atlanta Said Goodbye in 1949
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...]
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