"A small tour of a corner of East Point Ga, USA"

in #exploring7 years ago

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I had my first visit with my new Chiropractor today, her office is in East Point Ga.
This is about 4 miles south of where I live now.
                                 I didn't know how old or historic the town was.

HISTORY OF EAST POINT, GEORGIA
                    "East Point Georgia, was born on August 31, 1886, the night of the Charleston Earthquake, when a small group of citizens met at the Railroad Station to form a city for the good of all concerned.
East Point derived its name from the fact that it was the eastern erminus of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad and is today a railroad transportation center.
Today, it is a thriving city of twenty five thousand population, attractive to industry and home owners alike"
ALL THIS WAS WRITTEN IN 1945

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THIS LITTLE PARK IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY CHIROPRACTOR
This is the plaque on the pylon
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I don't quite understand this monument, it seems to be referring to the keel of a ship, but I don't see one anywhere
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So, all this time, I was assuming the building in the back was the VFW post that was
responsible for all these monuments; but no, that was one of the oldest Public Libraries in town and was going to be saved, the construction was the new City Hall going up
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KILROY WAS HERE

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"My Afternoon in East Point Ga"
by
Jerry E Smith
©2/19/2018



P.S. I had a short panorama video, but I'm not putting that on YouTube, and I can't get dTube to work.
My Chiropractor was closed when I got there and started all these images and video, but arrived just as
I finished all this photography

All photos taken with my Samsung Galaxy J7
steemitworldmap 33.672265 lat -84.446003 long Turning Point Chiropractic d3scr


These .gifs were created for me by @coquiunlimited, many thanks

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I have been there years and years ago! great travel post jerry!

Thanks @awesomemike, I'm afraid I didn't get the Steemitworld link right, but I don't know what
I got wrong.
I had never been to that part of the area; I'd been to Fort Mac (Fort McPherson, which is now a VA medical auxiliary facility) but not that part.
Glad you liked my post.

Thanks for the Resteem as well @awesomemike

Seems like you have a walk down the path of history! It's nice to know the origins of places, many of them have great stories even if they seem just simple, small towns! Nice work!


I find that nearly EVERY place has such history, and it is almost always interesting.
On some level at least.
I am keen on digging, "looking under rocks" so to speak, to find out its history.
I love archaeology and genealogy.
Thank you so much for the comment @bud96

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