FORGET, HELL!

It has been 150 years this week that the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain took place, which effected all of Marietta, and Cobb County... in other words we are under a SESQUICENTENNIAL seize. 

There are a lot of Civil War Rein actors (if that is the correct way to spell that) in town demonstrating how the military men loaded their guns, cooked, and all they did.  The rape and pillages demonstrations were probably left out.

We visited Glover Park yesterday and learned a lot by two Yankee soldiers in blue showing us how to load and shoot a rifle, obey orders, and the two soldiers were also history professors gave their expert knowledge what caused the war.  They asked the small audience were there any questions  and a few people did have some good questions and the soldiers gave good knowledgeable answers.

Then, an  older than middle age lady asked them, "Who were the Confederates?"  They  him-hawed around and never gave the lady an answer.  which goes to prove, contrary to popular belief, "There is a such thing as a dumb question."

We went to the Marietta Museum of History; The Visitor's Center to see a high school friend, the farmers Market, and the Arts and Crafts booths.

We also went to The Strand Theater to see THE CIVIL WAR, A MUSICAL EXPEREINCE.  It is always interesting to visit The Strand, I spent many hours of my formative years in that theater.  But as I looked up at the stair case leading up to the railed walkway overlooking the lobby I think the building is growing smaller and or I am growing larger.

The CIVIL WAR MUSICAL was done very well.  It treated causes and both sides of the war with respect and equally.   In places it sounded much like the high energized JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR - which was good.

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Above 2 pictures:  Saturday's Farmer Market

I took the above picture in the men's room at the Marietta Museum of Hisotry.  The picture was taken at Goss Street that crossed the tracks between West Atlanta and Atlanta Streets.  Across the tracks from the water tower is about where I was born.

The above 2 pictures are the stairs in the Marietta Museum of History.  The stairwell is loaded with ghosts!  True!  A ghost finders organization checked it  with their ghost meter and said the place is loaded with ghosts.

The above 2 pictures are pictures of the room that James Andrew stayed in when he was at the Kennesaw House.   The man dummy looking out the window represents James Andrew looking at THE GENERAL train engine which he and his Raiders would  train-jack the train in Kennesaw in front of the Lacy Hotel.

The Marietta Museum of History items on display are on the second floor of the Kennesaw House.  When you come in from the street, this buggy and headless man with a redcoat will welcome you, to assure  you that you walked into the right building.

Above 3: Sugar cakes Patisserie 

Above 2 pictures - Marietta now has a Christmas and fudge shop.

See the hat?  He is a mime that talks.  Its a living.

above 3 pictures, lobby of The Strand Theater.