Sunday, December 16, 2018

Lost Athens

Allen's (1955-2004) Normaltown

1950's to 2011. Now home to Health Science Campus

Restaurant in Normal Town.  Closed in mid 2000's

Bus Stop in Athens used to be downtown. Now located 6 miles from downtown.

Beautiful mural on the side of the Georgia Theatre. It was painted over long ago.

Saturday, November 17, 2018

Elijah Clarke

Elijah Clarke Monument - Broad Street
Erected in 1904 by the Daughters of the American Revolution

Sunday, July 29, 2018

Moina Michael's First Poppy

Moina Michael, the Poppy Lady is the originator of the idea of using the poppy as a symbol of remembrance for our fallen servicemen in World War II.  In November 1918 Ms. Michael was inspired by John McCrae's poem, In Flanders Field to her poem, We Shall Keep the Faith. She also went to Wanamaker's Department store and purchases several poppies. She vowed to wear a poppy in remembrance. She campaigned not only to have the poppy adopted as the symbol of remembrance but also for the sale of poppies to support returning disabled veterans. as a result of Ms. Moina's efforts the American Legion adopted the poppy as a symbol of remembrance in 1921.

This is one of the original poppies. It is now on exhibit at the University of Georgia Special Collections Library in Athens, Georgia.  

To learn more about Moina Michael check out the Moina Michael Poppy Project. 



We Shall Keep the Faith



Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields,

Sleep sweet - to rise anew!
We caught the torch you threw
And holding high, we keep the Faith
With All who died.

We cherish, too, the poppy red
That grows on fields where valor led;
It seems to signal to the skies
That blood of heroes never dies,
But lends a lustre to the red
Of the flower that blooms above the dead
In Flanders Fields.

And now the Torch and Poppy Red
We wear in honor of our dead.
Fear not that ye have died for naught;
We'll teach the lesson that ye wrought
In Flanders Fields
 



       

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Winnie Davis Hall - Health Science Campus

Built in 1902 by the Daughters of the Confederacy as a dormitory for the daughters of Confederate soldiers.




Winnie Davis Hall