My daughter and I set out to explore Colonial Georgia – forts and all. After visiting Fort Frederica on St. Simon’s Island, we drove to Fort King George State Historic Site in Darien. I had only been to Darien once before, when we toured the Hofwyl-Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site and ate lunch at a seafood restaurant.
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Thing 1 moved back home after graduating from college with a degree in public history so we've been exploring some of the historical museums and state parks near Atlanta lately.…
A few months ago, we stayed outside Chatsworth in the Chattahoochee National Forest (Conasauga District) in the North Georgia Mountains. During our trip, I wanted to visit the Chief Vann House, about ten miles away. Unfortunately, the site was closed to the public on the days of our visit.
We decided to make a return trip during the Vann House Days festival in late July. The festival honors the 67th anniversary of when Georgia State Parks established this area as a historic site. Volunteers led tours of the house while demonstrating butter churning, doll making, and corn grinding.
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A few years back, we visited Fort Mountain State Park in Chatsworth, Georgia. I always wanted to revisit it when I had more time. Now that we just got through two college graduations and the wedding of Thing 2, we needed an easy trip to North Georgia to relax and recoup.
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