My parents periodically had out of state friends visit us, and of course, we always took them to see the sights in Atlanta. In the late 1960s and 70s the sights included the Varsity, a trip to the airport to watch planes take off and land, and we … [Read more]
Georgia’s First Christmas Tree
When I was a little girl one of our Thanksgiving traditions was to decorate our Christmas tree. Dear Mother balked at first, but Dear Sister and I argued that the Rich’s Great Tree was lit on Thanksgiving evening, so why shouldn’t the Land family … [Read more]
The Freedom from Want – A Thanksgiving Image
I love this Norman Rockwell image. Many consider it to be the quintessential Thanksgiving image. Did you know it was inspired by a State of the Union address given by President Franklin D. Roosevelt? In January, 1941, President Roosevelt … [Read more]
Georgia’s Paul Revere
Listen my children and you shall hear of the midnight ride of John Wisdom on the third of May, in sixty-three…. Something isn’t quite right, is it? Back when I was in the classroom I would introduce “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” by Henry … [Read more]
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