Herty Field - My Favorite

 Herty Field, located just behind New College on North Campus, is my favorite spot here at the University of Georgia.  It's just beautiful.

Confederate Memorial Missing Piece

The city has removed the top part of the monument because it had shifted.  It has always been a little off-center so I am glad to see the city take action.  It would have been worse if they had let it fall and possibly hurt someone.

Here's the story about the event from The Augusta newspaper.  Same story as running in the Athens Banner Herald except it's free.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2014-03-14/athens-removes-top-confederate-monument?v=1394783039

Old College Roommates

Located on North Campus, Old College currently houses the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. It was built in 1806 and modeled after Connecticut Hall at Yale.  UGA's first president, Abraham Baldwin, graduated from Yale.  Old College has been used as classrooms, dormitories, dining halls, and administrative offices.  In the 1830's Crawford W. Long, a pioneer in the use of anesthesia, and
Alexander Stephens, VP of the Confederacy, were roommates and lived in Old College.  A plaque commemorates the two men.  The plaque is located on the on the right side of the second floor between the last two windows.

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