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re: I'm going to travel South this summer.
Posted on 6/7/24 at 8:01 pm to Crimson Wraith
Posted on 6/7/24 at 8:01 pm to Crimson Wraith
You know, I really wasn't that impressed with Beauvoir.
Magnolia Mound in Baton Rouge is pretty cool, and it was actually a plantation.
Magnolia Mound in Baton Rouge is pretty cool, and it was actually a plantation.
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Posted on 6/7/24 at 8:04 pm to BuckI
Blind Willie Mctell festival
For the Blues side of the equation. It’s a great small southern town blues festival just outside of Augusta GA.
For the Blues side of the equation. It’s a great small southern town blues festival just outside of Augusta GA.
This post was edited on 6/7/24 at 8:06 pm
Posted on 6/7/24 at 11:34 pm to 49 to nada
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Travelling south is a good choice, doing it in summer is not.
It should be done in the summer. That is what the south is and without it he won’t get the full experience.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 12:28 am to BuckI
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Civil Rights Movement
You going for the downvote record?
Posted on 6/8/24 at 12:36 am to BuckI
Try the Cyclorama in Atlanta.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 12:38 am to meansonny
Went to Andersonville earlier this year. It's a mixture of feelings: interest to study history, but sad seeing all the headstones.
Posted on 6/8/24 at 12:43 am to BuckI
Here is another little tidbit while in Tuscaloosa. There is a WWII German POW museum in Aliceville, AL; less than an hour from Tuscaloosa. They housed a relatively small number of German prisoners of war there. I am pretty certain that some of them were survivors from German uboats sunk in the Gulf of Mexico and along the east coast of Florida, even though there were never officially any survivors from sunken uboats in the Gulf.
Aliceville POW Camp
Aliceville POW Camp
This post was edited on 6/8/24 at 12:45 am
Posted on 7/31/24 at 5:02 pm to wadewilson
For exploring Civil Rights and Civil War sites, consider visiting places like the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, which offers a deep dive into the movement’s history.
In addition, the Civil War battlefields in Gettysburg and the African American Museum in Montgomery are essential stops.
If you’re into Blues and Country, Nashville is a must-see for its vibrant music scene. Memphis is also fantastic for Blues enthusiasts, with Beale Street offering a rich music experience.
For Tuscaloosa, check out the Paul W. Bryant Museum and catch a game at the University of Alabama if you can.
If you need a great place to stay during your travels, the westgate resorts in Branson offer a comfortable and convenient spot to relax.
In addition, the Civil War battlefields in Gettysburg and the African American Museum in Montgomery are essential stops.
If you’re into Blues and Country, Nashville is a must-see for its vibrant music scene. Memphis is also fantastic for Blues enthusiasts, with Beale Street offering a rich music experience.
For Tuscaloosa, check out the Paul W. Bryant Museum and catch a game at the University of Alabama if you can.
If you need a great place to stay during your travels, the westgate resorts in Branson offer a comfortable and convenient spot to relax.
This post was edited on 8/5/24 at 10:44 am
Posted on 7/31/24 at 8:53 pm to MosesRAB93
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Don’t eat Mexican food north of the Red River
False
Posted on 7/31/24 at 10:05 pm to BuckI
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want to visit places of interest to the Civil Rights Movement and the Civil War. I also love old Blues and Country Music.
West Tennessee has you covered on both these.
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Another thing on my bucket trip is to visit Tuscaloosa to check out everything football-related.
Just make sure you purchase a bullet proof vest before traveling to Tuscaloosa.
But other than that, please don’t get lost and stay, we don’t want you Yankee trash polluting our great region.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 10:35 pm to BuckI
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I'm going to travel South this summer.
See if you can make it to Argentina…now, that’s South!
Posted on 7/31/24 at 10:38 pm to BuckI
Sonic on Summerville in Phenix City.
Posted on 7/31/24 at 10:57 pm to BuckI
Please don't.
And frick you!
And frick you!
Posted on 7/31/24 at 11:11 pm to BuckI
I hope your plane crashes
Posted on 8/1/24 at 5:15 am to BuckI
Please don't.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 6:44 am to MykTide
Phenix City is sad!
Posted on 8/1/24 at 6:46 am to BuckI
There is a civil rights trail across 9 states (I think its 9). Atlanta is the epicenter and is home a pile of civil rights museums and sites. Atlanta to Birmingham and Montgomery or Memphis or both would cover most of the sites. Also loads of civil war sites in the same areas.
Auburn Avenue in Atlanta (sweet Auburn) is full of sites integral to the civil rights movement. Also the epicenter of why Atlanta has always been a mecca for middle class black people....the history of Sweet Auburn is integral to the development of the US post civil war.
The Atlanta University Center is also full of civil rights history that is largely overlooked by anyone not otherwise affiliated with the AUC.
Sweet Auburn and AUC is very convenient to downtown and are perfectly safe areas to visit despite what many who have never been will claim.
The only decent, in my opinion, blues club in Atlanta is Blind Willies in Virginia Highlands, about 3 miles north and east of Sweet Auburn. They have been in business since the mid 80s. Named after Piedmont Blues legend and arguably founder Blind Willie McTell (Statesboro Blues). There are probably others in Atlanta but I am not aware of them.
There is the National Center Civil and Human Rights Center on the north side of Centennial Olympic Park and on the south side of the park is the birthplace of country music. Not many people know that it is there, may no longer be any kind of marker since the original building that housed the recording studio has been torn down and motel built but there used to be a historical marker on the site. It is where Margaritaville is now, across the street from the ferris wheel.
Auburn Avenue in Atlanta (sweet Auburn) is full of sites integral to the civil rights movement. Also the epicenter of why Atlanta has always been a mecca for middle class black people....the history of Sweet Auburn is integral to the development of the US post civil war.
The Atlanta University Center is also full of civil rights history that is largely overlooked by anyone not otherwise affiliated with the AUC.
Sweet Auburn and AUC is very convenient to downtown and are perfectly safe areas to visit despite what many who have never been will claim.
The only decent, in my opinion, blues club in Atlanta is Blind Willies in Virginia Highlands, about 3 miles north and east of Sweet Auburn. They have been in business since the mid 80s. Named after Piedmont Blues legend and arguably founder Blind Willie McTell (Statesboro Blues). There are probably others in Atlanta but I am not aware of them.
There is the National Center Civil and Human Rights Center on the north side of Centennial Olympic Park and on the south side of the park is the birthplace of country music. Not many people know that it is there, may no longer be any kind of marker since the original building that housed the recording studio has been torn down and motel built but there used to be a historical marker on the site. It is where Margaritaville is now, across the street from the ferris wheel.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 6:50 am to southernboisb
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Try the Cyclorama in Atlanta.
This is a very unique place and something any civil war buff would be interested in. Its in the Atlanta Historic Center in Buckhead now instead of Grant Park which is to me, as a native Atlantan, very similar to the Braves being in Smyrna....but the facility is very nice and its doubtful the exhibit would still exist were it not for the Atlanta History Center.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 6:54 am to Smokeyone
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Blind Willie Mctell festival
For the Blues side of the equation. It’s a great small southern town blues festival just outside of Augusta GA.
It is FANTASTIC! $40....Cheap. Featuring Wynton Marsalis this year...
Posted on 8/1/24 at 6:57 am to BuckI
Slightly controversial but Stone Mountain is the largest confederate memorial in the world and the background on how it was financed kind of ties into the civil rights movement. Kept in perspective it is, in my opinion, not controversial at all...it is indicative of the other side of the civil rights movement thinking which is still pervasive today.....
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