Georgia On My Mind – Road Trip Part IV: Americus and the Capture of Jefferson Davis

My road trip around the state of Georgia continues… From the Civil War prison at Andersonville, I ventured south-west and just outside Americus (coolest name for a town I have come across in a while!) I discovered a unique snippet of history. At the towns airport there is a memorial to “The Lone Eagle“, famous…

Georgia On My Mind – Road Trip Part II: Stone Mountain a Confederate Memorial

My road trip around the state of Georgia continues… STONE MOUNTAIN Not far outside of Atlanta is Stone Mountain, the largest exposed granite monolith in the world. It has the tourist oriented trappings of a small family friendly amusement park of sorts but I avoided all that and just enjoyed the view. Although it has always…