Sites of Atlanta

Well we went to view the sites around downtown Atlanta. What a great time we had. It was Easter Sunday so the roads weren't too bad. Some of the sites we saw were:

Martin Luther King, Jr National Historic Site - Man was this cool. We toured the visitors center, another site across the street called Freedom Hall where there is a reflection pool and his burial site at the end of that, his birthplace and childhood home, an old fire station, and the Historic Ebenezer Baptist church, not to be confused with the new Ebenezer Baptist Church which is across the street. The visitors center had alot of exhibits regarding segregation and the civil rights movement. When you go across the street to Freedom Hall, this is where you get the tickets for the house tour. While waiting for our time slot, we roamed around the three rooms they have there. One of the rooms was dedicated to Martin Luther King, Jr with all kinds of artifacts of his like his minister's robe, Mrs. Kings dress and other neat stuff. The second room was dedicated to Ghandi with artifacts of his and the third room was dedicated to Rosa Parks. There was a beautiful quilt hanging in her room and all kinds of family photos. Now is it time to gather at Fire Station No 6. There are many exhibits in here that discussed desegregation of the Atlanta Fire Department and the riots of 1906. 

From here we continue walking up Auburn Street to his birth place. This home was the home of his maternal grandfather and is where his mother was raised. She married his father and they raised 3 children in this house... MLK and his older sister, Christine and his younger brother, Alfred Daniel (AD). The guide said that all the women in the family were teachers of some sort and all the men were ministers and civil rights activists.The house looks small from the outside, but it was quite large and pretty modern for that time. 

After the house tour, we walked back to the Freedom Hall and visited Dr. King and Mrs. Kings graves and then walked on down to the Historic Church. Wow did that bring back memories. Looked alot like the church I grew up in minus the stain glass windows. It is really quite an awesome time walking around such a historic area.

Carter Center - Our next stop was the Carter Center or Jimmy Carter Library. Ironically, it is at the end of the Freedom Parkway. This was a cool place. I don't know if it is quite as neat as the others, but it is pretty cool. There are alot of exhibits and photographs depicting his time in office including a replication of Oval office and the Iran hostage crisis. That is the one thing I remember about his presidency. I remember when they were freed. The museum\library is on 30 acres and looks so nice and peaceful.

Turner Field  Atlanta Braves	Centennial Olympic Park
Georgia State Capitol	Georgia Dome Atlanta Falcons
Margaret Michell's house Author of Gone with the Wind	Federal Reserve

This pretty much covers the entire day. We still need to get out and see the Atlanta Motor Speedway, Six Flags and anything else I could find along with dinner with a couple of friends. I will keep you "posted".

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Gotta run.....