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July 11, 2014 – Friday |
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8pm. |
BATL and the East Atlanta Village Guerilla Theater present Carol Burnett's "Went with the Wind" and an original adaptation of "Letters Home". |
Lang Carson Community Center – 100 Flat Shoals Ave, Atlanta |
$10 before July 8th 15$ at the door. Kids free with ticketed adults |
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July 12-13 2014 – Saturday/Sunday |
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Admission |
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7pm Saturday
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The Gala at The East Lake Golf Club – featuring Cocktail Party, Dinner and Dance in the historic clubhouse. Silent Auction! |
East Lake |
$65($500/table of 10)
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| 2pm-2:45pm Sunday | Grant Mansion Tour Learn about the history-filled Grant mansion and its role in the Civil War | Atlanta Preservation Center 327 St. Paul Avenue SE | Free |
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2pm Sunday |
BATL and the East Atlanta Village Guerilla Theater present Carol Burnett's "Went with the Wind" and an original adaptation of "Letters Home". |
Lang Carson Community Center – 100 Flat Shoals Ave, Atlanta |
$10 before July 8th 15$ at the door. Kids free with ticketed adults |
| 3pm Sunday | Author Talk and Book signing by Stephen Davis, author of What the Yankees Did to Us, Sharman's Bombardment and wrecking of Atlanta | Atlanta Preservation Center 327 St. Paul Avenue SE | Free |
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July 14, 2014 – Monday |
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Neighborhood/
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Admission |
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7pm
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Author Talk and Book signing by Robert Jenkins, author of The Battle of Peachtree Creek: Hood's First Sortie July 20, 1864 |
The Jimmy Carter Library and Museum on Freedom Parkway at Copenhill. Inman Park/Poncey Highland |
Free
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July 15, 2014 – Tuesday |
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Time |
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Admission |
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Noon |
Author Talk and Book signing by Henry Bryant and Katina Van Cronkhite, authors of Images of America: East Atlanta |
Dekalb History Center (Historics Dekalb County Courthouse on the square in Decatur) |
Free
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7pm
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Author Talk and Book signing by Maurice C. Daniels, author of Saving the Soul of Georgia: Donald L. Hollowell and the Struggle for Civil Rights |
First Iconium Baptist Church 542 Moreland Ave SE |
Free
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July 17, 2014 – Thursday |
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Time |
Event |
Neighborhood/
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Admission |
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8pm. |
BATL and the East Atlanta Village Guerilla Theater present Carol Burnett's "Went with the Wind" and an original adaptation of "Letters Home". |
Lang Carson Community Center – 100 Flat Shoals Ave, Atlanta |
$10 before July 8th 15$ at the door. Kids free with ticketed adults |
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July 18, 2014 – Friday |
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Time |
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Neighborhood/
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Admission |
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7pm. |
Echoes of the Past BATL is partnering with The Southern Order of Storytellers to present this production of tales starring Christina Johns, Barry Stewart Mann, Sarah Beth Nelson, Ann Ritter and Terri Surratt with music from The Bow Weevils string ensemble. |
Lang Carson Community Center – 100 Flat Shoals Ave, Atlanta |
$10 before July 8th 15$ at the door. Kids free with ticketed adults |
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July 19, 2014 – Saturday |
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Neighborhood/ |
Admission |
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7:30 am check in 8:30 race start |
The Doublequick 5K Race: Experience a brisk march in the way a solider might have. |
Kirkwood in Gilliam Park. Parking at Toomer Elem.
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$18.00 ($25.00 day of)
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The Front Lines - 10am - 5pm - in Kirkwood |
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10am-5pm |
Living History Encampment experience a Soldier’s Life from 1864 in a recreated setting |
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Free |
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10am-5pm |
Spinning, Textiles, and Child’s Play – experience family life at home in 1864 |
Kirkwood near Gilliam Park, Maps to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs in East Atlanta Village |
Free |
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10:30am |
Wreath Laying Ceremony - General Walker (Living history soldiers)
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Kirkwood/Parkview (Glenwood/I-20) Walker Monument |
Free |
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11am |
Wreath Laying Ceremony - General McPherson (Living history soldiers) |
East Atlanta (Monument & McPherson Ave.)
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Free |
| 10:30am-11am | Bagpiper Joanne Paller performing at both monuments starting with Walker. |
Kirkwood/Parkview (Glenwood/I-20)Walker Monument East Atlanta (Monument & McPherson Ave.) McPherson Monument |
Free |
BATL Tours – 9:30am-8:30pm
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9:30am |
Battle of Atlanta Bike Tour |
East Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 470 Flat Shoals |
$25 BYO Bike and Helmet |
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10am, Noon, 2pm, 4pm |
Van Tour - Front Line Attack and the Sugar Creek Valley |
East Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 470 Flat Shoals |
$15.00 |
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10am, 10:30am 11am, 11:30am Noon, and 6pm |
Battle of Atlanta Walking Tours |
East Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs |
$10.00 |
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4pm |
Sylvester Cemetery Walking Tour |
East Atlanta tickets & map to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs 470 Flat Shoals |
Free |
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Throughout the day |
Clay Family Cemetery Walking Tour |
Kirkwood on Clifton Avenue – map to site at B*ATL Hdqtrs 470 Flat Shoals |
Free |
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11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm |
Van Tour - McPherson’s Last Ride and the Railroad Cut |
East Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 470 Flat Shoals |
$15.00 |
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6 & 7pm |
Twilight Tour of Oakland Cemetery |
Cabbagetown Oakland Cemetery |
Free (with advance ticket at BATL Headqrtrs from 470 Flat Shoals Ave) First come avail. |
History, Food, Art and Music |
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All Day & Night |
Shop, Dine and Party in The East Atlanta Village along Flat Shoals Avenue, Moreland and Glenwood or visit the establishments in The Kirkwood Business District along Hosea Williams Drive. Start with coffee or breakfast and then try the hamburger rated the best in the country, ice cream, the finest in ales and beers, Thai, Sushi, Pizza, Burritos, Irish and more! Shop for vinyl, musical instruments, books, household and gift items or even a place to live on the battlefield. |
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Various Times until 4:30pm |
Abe Lincoln-Talk with the man and take a picture with him as he makes a post election stop that never happened November, 1864 |
East Atlanta
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Free |
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9:15am-4:30pm |
Cyclorama Museum/Painting |
Grant Park at 800 Cherokee Ave. |
General Admission |
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all day |
Flying the Flag Art Exhibit by Melissia Fernander |
East Atlanta Library Gallery Wall in the meeting room at 400 Flat Shoals Avenue in the East Atlanta Village. |
Free |
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1-2pm
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Sounds of the Civil War – 8th Regiment Band Concert an authentic 1864 Brass Band |
East Atlanta Fire Station 13 across from BATL Headqtrs, 431 Flat Shoals Ave. |
Free |
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9am-1pm |
East Lake Farmers Market |
East Lake at 561 2nd Avenue at Hosea L. Williams Drive |
Free |
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Civil War to Civil Rights Living History Presentations |
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10:30am |
Life in the War Zone Robert Mable story, farm boy, soldier, prison guard Slave narrative – Josie Bailey Women soldiers - Carrie Berry’s diary – Mary Gay, “Dealing with the Yankies” Mayor Calhoun surrenders the Atlanta |
East Atlanta in the Civil War to Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue |
Free |
| 11:30am | The Business Side of Atlanta Rev. James Tate, “Father of Black Business in Atlanta” 1870 Madison Reynolds - “Reynoldstown” black businessman Carrie Steel Logan orphanage Lloyd Adair, Atlanta street car conductor “tales of the rails” | East Atlanta in the Civil War to Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue | Free |
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NOON |
The African American Soldier in the Civil War and Now. Joshua Washington representing the 54th Mass. Re-inactment group |
East Atlanta in the Civil War to Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue |
Free |
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2:00pm
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Abe Lincoln from self-taught lawyer and politician… through his years as President. Dennis Boggs becomes Abe |
East Atlanta in the Civil War to Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue and in between shows you may run into people from history in the shops and restaurants. Ask about their story! |
Free |
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2:30pm |
My Black Confederate Grandfather Local politician and Civil Rights figure Ina Evans and a Living History Artist tell the story of Peter Vertrees and how he came to defend Atlanta. |
East Atlanta in the Civil War to Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue |
Free |
| 3pm | Civil Rights The Pullman Porter Arthur Idlett, Atlanta Black Crackers baseball player Senator Helen Mankin 1946 victory over the Klan Ernestine Brown as Attorney Constance Baker-Motley before The Supreme Court “We stand with you,” Jewish support in the struggle | East Atlanta in the Civil War to Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue | Free |
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3:30pm |
Akbar Imhotep portrays civil rights icon Donald Lee Hollowell “The man who went up against ‘the man’.” |
East Atlanta in the Civil War to Civil Rights Tent at 457 Flat Shoals Avenue |
Free |
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Some of the Characters portrayed by the BATL Living History Players include: Gov. Joseph E. Brown, Mayor James Calhoun, Dolly Summer Burge and Daughter Sadie, Scynthia Catherine Stewart, Pete Rutherford, Zora Faire, Soloman "Sam" Luckie, Carrie Berry, Blind Thomas Bethune, Allie Travis, Madison Reynolds, Kathleen Adams, Arthur Idlett, Carrie Steele Logan, William Fuller and James Bell of the Great Locomotive Chase, Alice Adams, and Homer Nash. |
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BATL Storytelling on the Frontlines |
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10:15-11am |
Fiddlin’ Dan the Mountain Man The Mountain Man has come to visit his Atlanta kin with stories and songs about his adventures with friends and critters from back home in North Georgia. |
East Atlanta Library, 400 Flat Shoals Avenue |
Free |
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11-Noon
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Photo Op with Abe and Miss Scarlett Go home with a thumbdrive and a memory of the 150th Anniversary of the Battle of Atlanta. |
East Atlanta Library |
Free |
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Noon-12:25pm |
Jimmy Jacobs Brings History to Life Atlanta’s Jimmy Jacobs brings the founder of Mableton, Robert Mable, to life to share stories of his plantation and time as a prison guard at Andersonville. |
East Atlanta Library |
Free |
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12:30-1pm
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Natalie Jones–The Silent Witness Natalie Jones tells the story of a family that could not escape the war. |
East Atlanta Library |
Free |
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2-2:30pm |
Akbar Imhotep – Atlanta’s Master Storyteller Akbar will bring “Uncle Remus’ Reaction to the Big Fight” |
East Atlanta Library |
Free |
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2-2:30pm |
Wren’s Nest Rambler Mama Koku Did you ever hear the one about Brer Dog and Brer Rabbit who set their sights on the same gal? |
East Atlanta Library |
Free |
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3-3:30pm |
Abraham Lincoln – The Gettysburg Address Be on hand to hear the President give this short speech that has reverberated through history. Dennis Boggs brings Lincoln to life with oratory |
East Atlanta Library |
Free |
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BATL Storytelling at the Frontlines Experience |
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11:30-Noon |
Natalie Jones–The Silent Witness Natalie Jones tells the story of a family that could not escape the war. |
Gilliam Park |
Free |
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12:15-1pm |
Abraham Lincoln – The Gettysburg Address Be on hand to hear the President give this short speech that has reverberated through history. Dennis Boggs brings Lincoln to life with oratory |
Gilliam Park |
Free |
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1-1:30pm |
Akbar Imhotep – Atlanta’s Master Storyteller Akbar will bring “Uncle Remus’ Reaction to the Big Fight” |
Gilliam Park |
Free |
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1:30-2pm |
Wren’s Nest Rambler Mama Koku Did you ever hear the one about Brer Dog and Brer Rabbit who set their sights on the same gal? |
Gilliam Park |
Free |
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Sunday – July 20, 2014 |
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| 9:30am |
Battle of Atlanta Bike Tour |
East Atlanta start at B*ATL Hdqtrs, 470 Flat Shoals |
$25 BYO Bike and Helmet |
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2pm. |
BATL and the East Atlanta Village Guerilla Theater present Carol Burnett's "Went with the Wind" and an original adaptation of "Letters Home". |
Reynoldstown at the Lang Carson Center |
$10 before July 8th 15$ at the door. Kids free with ticketed adults |
| 3pm | The Battle of Atlanta Began Here Walking Tour Led by tour guide Will Bryant, learn about why the two armies surprised each other in modern day Kirkwood | SE corner of Rogers St. and Arizona Avenue (park on Arizona Avenue) |
$10.00 ($15.00 day of) |
| 6pm | Fort Walker Tour Led by David Mitchell, learn about Atlanta Civil War fortifications with a skyline view | Grant Park-meet at the south end of the Boulevard parking lot. | Free |
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6pm & 7pm |
Twilight Tour of Oakland Cemetery Civil War Tour-beautiful, historic cemetery and gardens |
Cabbagetown Oakland Cemetery |
Free (with advance ticket available at B-ATL Headquarters on Saturday, 470 Flat Shoals Avenue in the East Atlanta Village) |
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7pm |
Author Talk and Book signing by Wendy Venet, author of A Changing Wind: Commerce and Conflict in Civil War Atlanta |
The Atlanta Cyclorama in Grant Park on Cherokee Avenue |
Free |