re: I'm going to travel South this summer.

All 3 Sonics in greenville are closed down now

I will add that if you are into civil war history, Richmond and Petersburg are must visits. I spent a week there about 20 years ago and didn’t come close to seeing everything. Virginia seems intent on completely erasing history they don’t like and that is a shame. There is a great private museum at Petersburg, Pamplin Historical Park. I highly recommend. Cold Harbor is another of those places that, if you walk out amongst the trees and shallow depressions that were the lines, you feel as well as see. Standing at the bottom of Malvern Hill and looking up to the top of the hill imagining a line of breastworks with 70,000 men and all the cannon the Union had and thinking about charging across open ground will make you realize how much courage men are capable of having.

Antietam and Gettysburg are still on my bucket list.

Sorry scrooster but I am spending several days in South Carolina. A couple of days at the beach and hopefully a trip to Ft Sumter. I will be the first to plant the B1G flag in the South in the same place where the rebellion began.

Don't forget to plant that same flag in Atlanta, and say that LSU's own General Sherman sent you there.

Is the cyclorama still open? For some reason I thought they shut it down a few years ago. That place is awesome

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Travelling south is a good choice, doing it in summer is not. I think everyone who lives in the South/southwest can tell you spring or fall are by far the best times of the year to visit the southern U.S.

I believe the Cyclorama was moved to a new building and completely restored a few years ago. It’s worth the trip. It was very impressive even before the restoration. I definitely want to visit again.
It’s not too hard to find the Allman graves. There is a cemetery office that could direct you to them if you have a problem finding them. The cemetery is beautiful, old and historic. The roads are narrow and the land hilly but if you drive slowly you should be able to get around.
The Allman graves are fenced and this makes them easier to find. The graves become such a tourist attraction with fans bringing broken whiskey bottle necks stuffed with roses, etc. the graves were fenced several years ago, but they are easy to view.
The Civil War graves are along the river - look for the flags along the river- and the Allmans are up the hill above this area. Rose Hill is famous and gets many visitors. A lot of prominent and famous people are buried there.
Many visitors come from all over the country just to see the Allman graves. Last time we visited there was a couple from Germany who drove to Macon from their trip to Orlando just to visit the graves.
The cemetery closes at dark as people had started partying at their graves late at night and anyone caught there now after dark could face a fine.
The Allmans used to live a few blocks away - that house is no longer there but the Tudor mansion they lived in after they were successful is now the Big House museum. They used to play their music in this cemetery late at night. Usually at the grave of Elizabeth Reed. Her grave in near their resting place.

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The more I hear and read about the Cyclorama, the more I want to see it. Are the graves of the Allman Brothers hard to find?

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I’ve been to the “old” and “new” Cyclorama. To be honest, the old one just seems more historical to me, but the new one is great in its own right.

The graves of the Allmans are quite easy. Go to the Big House and the nice lady at the entrance will tell you exactly how to get to each plot. Best 15 bucks I’ve EVER spent was visiting the Big House. I’m going back the next time I’m in Macon! (Rose Hill is free). I wanted to visit Little Richard’s childhood home, but man, the hours are haphazard at best.