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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Ceremony marks 100-year anniversary of monument
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Journai/Charlotte Perkins
T/je Sidney Lanier Chapter No. 25 of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy hosted the Centennial Celebration for
the Houston County Confederate Monument, pictured
and inset, Sunday.
Lynyrd Skynyrd to perform
at Wild Adventures
Special to the Journal
Memorial weekend rocks
out at Wild Adventures as the
park’s All-Star Amphitheater
plays host to one of clas
sic rock’s greatest bands -
Lynyrd Skynyrd. Get ready
for Southern Rock at its best
as the show starts at 6:30
p.m. Sunday.
For more than 40 years,
Lynyrd Skynyrd has been
entertaining generations of
rock fans - first, in their
hometown of Jacksonville,
Fla., and eventually around
the world. Their songs are
not just anthems of rock, but
a tribute to their fierce pride
in the band’s southern heri
tage; a pride that resonates
from every guitar lick and
drumbeat to the hearts of
their loyal fans.
Skynyrd’s original mem
bers first came together in
1964 under the name My
Backyard. Early influences
such as Free, The Beatles,
Rolling Stones and later
the Allman Brothers would
evolve into a unique three
guitar line-up playing a
distinctive blend of blues,
honkey tonk and boogie
that became synonymous
with Southern Rock. Led by
Ronnie Van Zant, the mem
bers plugged away during
the rest of the 60’s, playing
across a wider region as their
sound matured.
It was in 1970 that the
name Lynyrd Skynyrd was
adopted and most rock aficio
nados know the origin of the
name as being the name of a
high school gym teacher who
used to give them a very hard
time about their long hair.
Two years later, the band
was discovered and offered
their first album deal, which
produced the song whose title
has become a southerner’s
rebel yell, “Free Bird.”
Over the next four years,
the band produced hit after
hit, including “Sweet Home
Alabama,” “Gimme Three
Steps,” “Simple Man” and
more. In 1977, at the height
of their career, tragedy
struck when the band’s plane
crashed, killing Ronnie Van
Zant, Steve Gaines, Cassie
Gaines and several more of
their crew. Lynyrd Skynyrd
was no more.
For ten long years, the
sounds of Skynyrd were heard
only on radio and records.
But in 1987, the band’s sur
vivors re-grouped for a trib
ute tour with Johnny Van
Zant, Ronnie’s little brother,
at the lead. Fan response
was so great, the band has
continued to perform and
record ever since.
Wild Adventures is proud
to host these classic rock
legends for Memorial Day
weekend. The show starts at
6:30 p.m. with opening act
Steve Richards. The concert
is included in the price of
park admission and guests
are encouraged to bring lawn
chairs to set up. Reserve
seats are also available for
an additional charge of $25
and can be ordered by phone
at 229-219-7080, option 2 or
online at www.wildadven
tures.net. Reserve seats do
not include park admission
which must be purchased
separately.
The concert tops off a day of
fun at Wild Adventures with
more than 50 rides, including
nine coasters; Splash Island
Water Park, hundreds of wild
animals and daily shows.
Regular admission is just $45
and Junior/Senior admission
is S4O. Both include a Second-
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From staff repons
As familiar as it has
been to generations of
Perry residents, the
old Confederate monu
ment that stands on the
grounds of the Houston
County Government
Building is only there
because of the dogged
determination of a group
of women.
According to Allene
Kent, who spoke on behalf
of the United Daughters
of the Confederacy
Sunday at the centen
nial rededication of the
monument, histori
cal records and reports
from the Houston Home
Journal tell a story of
14 years of determined
fundraising by a group
of women who wanted
the sacrifices of their
fathers and grandfathers
remembered.
At the ceremony
Sunday afternoon, Boy
Scouts and Confederate
re-enactors took part
in the ceremony which
included greetings from
Janet Walker, Assistant
Registrar of the Georgia
Division of the UDC,
the singing of “Dixie”
and “The Star-Spangled
Banner,” a rifle salute
and a cannon salute.
Day Free. Now through May
31, those who purchase a
Passport or Gold Passport
will also receive a “Free Day
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et. Both Passports include
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park through December 31,
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2008
provided by local
historian Charles Irby
Shelton, soldiers fire a
salute to the memory of
those who fought for the
Southern cause in the Civl
War. The monument at
that time was located at
the intersection known as
‘the Crossroads.”
Journal/Charlotte Perkins
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LEFT: Confederate
re-enactors from
the Pine Barrens
Volunteer Camp,
Eastman, fire black
powder rifles in a
salute to the mem
ory of Southerners
who fought in the
Civil War. The
occasion was the
100th anniver
sary of the dedi
cation of Perry’s
Confederate
monument, which
was moved to its
current location
on Carroll Street in
1948.
BOTTOM LEFT:
In this 1908 photo
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