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[ In People & Places ]
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
More than likely, you're wearing green today, along with your fellow Dawson County friends and co-workers.  You might even pinch someone who's not dressed in green and are perhaps planning St. Patrick's Day celebrations.  But you may wonder who St. Patrick really was and why we associate shamrocks with this day of celebration and green beverages...
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[ In Expos/Special ]
Trail of Tears Meeting to be Held at Indian Spring Museum

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[ In Other ]
Trail of Tears Association Meeting Welcomes Dr. Barbara Kawulich
Dr. Kawulich will give a presentation on the Muscogee (Creek) people, focusing on cultural issues related to the role of the women of that nation...
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[ In Opinion ]
A Veterans Day Tribute and Remembrance
Let us remember “1861” when our nation became two nations. The South under President Jefferson Davis and the North under President Abraham Lincoln, fought for four long, bloody years to decide our future. Both armies prayed to the same God for guidance...
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[ In People & Places ]
TELLUS Northwest Georgia Museum Brings Smithsonian Flavor to Visitors
A Tyrannosaurus Rex is one of more than 40 pre-historic animals in The Fossil Gallery within this Smithsonian affiliate, and the 'touch us' policy makes the Georgia museum hands-on fun for the entire family...
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[ In Expos/Special ]
Celebrate 19th Century Folk Life Near Alpine Helen
The first public preview of a restoration of an 1850s slave cabin will be available on the grounds of the Sautee Nacoochee Center Saturday, October 17.  In addition to watching demonstrations of 19th century handcrafts, visitors can participate in a raffle for traditional craft items.  Foods related to local crops and cooking styles will be available...
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[ In Outdoors/Recreational ]
Dahlonega Prepares for 175th Birthday Celebration
'Heritage Days' is planned to be a way for visitors and locals alike to step back in time and enjoy the entertainment and goods of our original settlers.  Festivities include a farmers market, antique vendors, period costumes, event re-enactments and gold mining demonstrations...
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[ In History ]
Father Emmeran Bliemel—Honoring a True American Hero
Father Emmeran M. Bliemel, OSB the first American Catholic Chaplain to die on the battlefield, was killed during the Battle of Jonesboro, Georgia on Wednesday, August 31, 1864....
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[ In Church/Civic ]
Trail of Tears and New Echota
By the early 19th century, the Cherokee Nation had developed a government similar to that of the United States. During the fall of 1819, the Cherokee Council began holding their annual meetings in Newtown in present-day Gordon County...
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[ In Opinion ]
Remembering the Gettysburg Reunion of 1913
No one dared to criticize the United States and Confederate flags that flew side by side at the Gettysburg soldiers' reunion of honored men who had been enemies on the field of battle just 50 years earlier. Some of today’s politicians and people’s rights groups could learn something from these grand old men of yesterday...
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[ In School/Educational ]
Trail of Tears Association to Host Genealogy Workshop
The theme of the workshop is "Exploring Your Indian Heritage," and the presenters are Leslie Thomas and Linda Woodward Geiger, CG, CGL, both bringing with them extensive experience in the field of genealogy...
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[ In Local News ]
Trail of Tears Expanded to Georgia as Obama Signs Bill into Law
The bill will add as components of the Trail of Tears National Historic Trail the routes and land components by which the Cherokee Nation was removed to Oklahoma...
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[ In Government & Politics ]
Georgia to be Part of Trail of Tears National Historic Trail
The expansion of the Trail of Tears into Georgia -- where the majority of Cherokees were living at the time of their Removal in 1838 -- should help to stimulate heritage tourism in Georgia for decades to come...
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[ In History ]
'Come Home to North Georgia' Celebrates 135 Years of Institutional History
With 160 pages of history and current narrative, Come Home to North Georgia covers the full spectrum of the North Georgia College & State University culture.  The book also includes stories about the first admittance of women to the North Georgia ROTC program and its Corps of Cadets in 1973, helping set the stage for other ROTC programs to open training to women...
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