Sheep to Shawl Festival, Atlanta History Center

CB Glover www.Fayettehistoricalsociety.com www.FayetteSCV.org Having trouble viewing this email? Click here TABLE OF CONTENTS Buckhead Campus >> This Land is Whose Land? Using Land Records to Trace Your Family History >> Magic Mondays: Egg Hunt >> Homeschool Day: Relics and Remembrance >> Lectures >> Membership Offer Midtown Campus >> Literary Center at Margaret Mitchell House Writing Workshop: The Six Elements of Writing Southern Fiction >> Lectures Atlanta History Center Margaret Mitchell House Atlanta History Center Margaret Mitchell House Twitter YouTube Atlanta History Center Kenan Research Center Jumo Foursquare Album Georgia Writer's Registry In April, commemorating the 75th anniversaries of both Gone With the Wind and the Atlanta Dogwood Festival, the Atlanta History Center and Margaret Mitchell House unite with the festival as a Lead Cultural Alliance Partner. Held at Piedmont Park, the festival runs Friday, April 15, through Sunday, April 17, 2011. Stop by our booth for a variety of engaging history and literary activities, such as historical Travel Trunk displays, photo opportunities, a never-ending story game, enriching demonstrations, Poetry Out Loud performances, and craft-making activities for all ages. Before or after your festival visit, stop at Margaret Mitchell House and receive free museum admission on April 16 and 17, 2011. Learn more about the Cultural Alliance Partnership online. This Land is Whose Land? Using Land Records to Trace Your Family History Saturday, April 9, 2011 10:30 AM - Noon Deeds, maps, lottery registration lists, and other land records can place an ancestor in a specific place at a specific time. These records can sometimes tell us an ancestor's age, birthplace, military service, citizenship, literacy, and other personal information as well. Join Atlanta History Center archivist Sue VerHoef as she explains how to locate and utilize these records to find out the branches of your family tree. Learn more about this program. Magic Mondays: Egg Hunt Monday, April 11, 2011 10:30 - 11:30 AM It's the Atlanta History Center's annual egg hunt at the History Center's Smith Family Farm. Toddlers explore the farm to find eggs, and make a craft related to the theme. Learn more about this program. Homeschool Day: Relics and Remembrance Thursday, April 14, 2011 1:00 - 4:00 PM Commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War and learn how local military archaeologists and historians use artifacts to piece together the past and investigate the battles that may have been fought in your backyard! Learn more about this program. Lectures Admission to all lectures is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers, and free to Annual Fund donors unless noted otherwise. Reservations are required for all lectures. Please call 404.814.4150 or reserve your tickets online. David Nichols Eisenhower 1956 Tuesday, April 19, 2011 8:00 PM Learn more about the author and program. Membership Offer In celebration of our annual Sheep to Shawl festival on April 16th, we're offering discounts on our most popular membership levels. Join or renew today and you'll also receive this festive Sheep to Shawl magnet. Don't hesitate! This offer is only valid through April 16, 2011! Learn more. Literary Center at Margaret Mitchell House Writing Workshop: The Six Elements of Writing Southern Fiction Saturdays, April 16 and 23, 2011 1:00 – 5:00 PM Led by experienced, multi-published Southern author, Julie L. Cannon, this workshop will inspire and guide writers to discover the six essential elements that make Southern stories distinctive. Participants study the genre, with an exposure to a range of writers and styles of Southern fiction to become familiarized with the factors that create an authentic Southern story, and learn techniques to bring characters and plots to life. This program is part of the Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind 75th Anniversary Celebration program series. Learn more about this program. Lectures Admission to all lectures is $5 for members, $10 for nonmembers, and free to Annual Fund donors unless noted otherwise. Reservations are required for all lectures. Please call 404.814.4150 or reserve your tickets online. Susan Lucci All My Life Monday, April 4, 2011 7:00 PM Learn more about the author and program. Meg Wolitzer The Uncoupling Wednesday, April 6, 2011 7:00 PM Learn more about the author and program. Diane Ackerman One Hundred Names for Love Tuesday, April 19, 2011 7:00 PM Learn more about the author and program. Forward email This email was sent to cbglover@bellsouth.net by enews@atlantahistorycenter.com |   Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe™ | Privacy Policy. The Atlanta History Center | 130 West Paces Ferry Rd | Atlanta | GA | 30305

Here are a few photos from the monthly Historical Society Meeting. Mayor Ken Steele speaker CB Glover www.Fayettehistoricalsociety.com www.FayetteSCV.org

Historical Society Meeting

Dont forget our meeting today at 3PM. Mayor Ken Steele will be speaking. CB Glover www.Fayettehistoricalsociety.com www.FayetteSCV.org

Civil War Symposium at the National Archives,Morrow,Ga

All day on April 16 beginning at 9:00 am, the National Archives at  Atlanta (located in Morrow, south of Atlanta) is having a Civil War  Symposium and a display of Civil War artifacts loosely based on Antiques  Roadshow. For full information on the speakers and topics go to  http://www.archives .gov/southeast/ public/workshops .html  and click on the link to Program and Registration or go to  http://www.archives .gov/southeast/ public/2011- civil-war- program.html  Registration is required. The cost is only $20.00 per person for the  day. Fees are non refundable, but substitutions are allowed so someone  could go in your place if something came up. The fees include  Continental breakfast, complimentary lunch, speakers and exhibits in the afternoon..  CB Glover www.Fayettehistoricalsociety.com www.FayetteSCV.org

Photos of the event held Sat/12th. Herb Bridges on Margaret Mitchell and GWTW

Enjoy the photos taken at the event held by the Museum and Historical Society, Sat. March 12. The speaker, Herb Bridges, was excellent in his talk on Margaret Mitchell and how the book, Gone With the Wind" came into being. Go the the Historical Society web site and click: "Museum Photos and Events" In the museum section and you will be on the page. CB Glover www.Fayettehistoricalsociety.com www.FayetteSCV.org