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Atlanta was the proud host of the 1996 Olympic games openning day July 19th and closing August 4th. All over the city you will see monuments like these to preserve the memory. 197 nations were represented that year with over 10,000 athletes and almost 50,000 volunteers Leave a Comment
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Atlanta is the capital of Georgia. Federal and State Governments draw visitors and employees to this southern transportation hub.
The Atlanta Falcons, the Atlanta Braves, the Atlanta Hawks, and the Atlanta Thrashers are the major professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey teams that call this city home.
Atlanta hosted the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, which was the 100th anniversary of the modern Olympic Games.
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This megalithic, 12 acre underground structure in the heart of Atlanta's megalopolis was built in the 1800's and was the actual street level. The area, like a huge mall, has the fell of busting streets, complete with street
signs. There are over 100 restaurants, nightclubs and retail stores here.
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The city has three main areas, Buchead, Midtown and Downtown, which run North to South.
Buchead is a mecca for shopping and night
life.
Midtown is a great place to eat and take in the arts at the Woodruff Arts Center.
Downtown is home to Underground Atlanta and Sweet Auburn, Martin Luther King Jr.'s neighborhood.
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The guy who made Mount Rushmore carved this piece as well. According to the info
we obtained there, the carvers had a full dinner on the shoulder of General Robert
E. Lee while taking a break from the carving. They set up a 4 person table & had a
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Well, Stone Mountain is on the outskirts of Atlanta. It's very all-American. They have
a laser show at night & everybody buys fried chicken & iced tea. Then they lay
on their blankets on the lawn whilst they consume their edibles & watch a cheesy lightshow that ends in beautiful, red, white & blue fireworks. It's enough to make an
American puke...I mean PROUD.
All in all, Stone Mountain is very cool to experience because it's a big hunk of granite
in the middle of nowhere. You get to ride a gondola to the top or if you have enough
stamina, you can climb. Climbing down is even funner. They have a gift shop & lots of
info about the place at the top. It's rather windy up there, but in the summer it don't
matter. Leave a Comment
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The area around the Ebenezer Baptist Church is a focal point in Atlanta for the Civil Rights Movement. It is the area in which Martin Luther King grow up and preached as an assistant pastor.
Today the area around Alburn Avenue is acknowledged as National Park Historic District and was established in 1980.
More information here:
http://www.nps.gov/malu/ Leave a Comment
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Atlanta is the capital the largest city of Georgia.
An 1889 building with a dome topped with native gold. Georgia's capitol houses many attractions.
Capitol Hill at Washington Street. Atlanta.Ga.
Open Mon- Fri 8am-5pm.
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Visit Stone Mountain - largest piece of exposed granite in the world and (fun fact) biggest gathering of rednecks anywhere in the world on a weekend (see the above picture) for the laser light show on the side of the mountain.
The Olympics of 1996 wins this hands down. Leave a Comment
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Take a walk through the Olympic Park. Itīs a nice memorial for the 1996 Olympic Games and medal winners. They are all listed on big stone plates. Also a memorial to remember the victims of the bomb attack during the games. Leave a Comment
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