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Page A2 The Baldwin Bulletin I www.BBnews.today Thursday, September 21,2017 » RECOGNIZING SERVICE American Legion post honors law enforcement Morris-Little Post 6 American Legion, based in Milledgeville, presented two American Legion Law Enforcement Officer of the Year awards on Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 in honor of their service and Patriot’s Day. Baldwin County Sheriffs Office deputies Reid W. White and Jerome A. Roberts were selected for the honor. Post Commander John W. Griffin thanked the officers for their service and dedication to duty. The honorees and their families were dinner guests of the legion. The dinner was an opportunity to recognize these officers for what they have done for the Baldwin County community. Griffin said the two selected have gone above and beyond the call of duty and in some cases risked their own lives. The American Legion appreciates their service to the community. For further informa tion on the Morris-Little Post 6 of the American Legion, contact Griffin at: 478-453-0295, 478-457-7717 or via email at: jwgriff@aol. com. Contributed Baldwin County Sheriff Bill Massee, Sheriff's deputies Reid W. White and Jerome A. Roberts and Post Commander John W. Griffin pose during an event honoring law enforcement officers. White and Roberts were presented with the American Legion Law Enforcement Officer of the Year award. Step back in time with us to when country music was king! Jason Petty and Katie Deal with a live Nashville band, classic Opry-style comedy and real country music! some museums are pretty expensive to get into. This allows the public to get excited about it in a free and affordable way.” Molly R. Randolph, curator at Georgia’s Old Governor’s Mansion and Sallie Ellis Davis House, hopes to see people come out and take advantage of the opportunity of touring the museums for free. The two locations are focal points of Milledgeville’s history. “It’s important to Milledgeville, because it’s important to go out and see your cultural institutions to learn about your own history,” Randolph said. “This is an easy way to do that, and it’s a free ticket as long as you register. You can have access to all this free history right at your fingertips.” There is a lot to learn about what happened in ALAINA MINSHEW/Staff Georgia's Old Governor's Museum will be open for free on Saturday for those who get tickets. Milledgeville with the Old Governor’s Mansion and the Sallie Ellis Davis House. Both locations give a glimpse of what happened in the region throughout the 1800s. “It’s important to learn from history, because those that don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. Milledgeville has a lot of rich history that people don’t even know about,” Veldkamp said. “It’s important to get visitors, and people that live here, excited and interested in what went on here.” Georgia College students and history buffs in general might be interested in taking part in visiting the mansion for free, because of the special past it has with the college. It’sThe mansion also serves a reminder about how Milledgeville was the capital of Georgia from 1804 to 1868. “The Old Governor’s Mansion was home to eight Georgia governors from 1839 to 1868 before the capital moved to Atlanta. It was the headquarters of the government for the Civil War, which was really important. It was also the founding building for Georgia College, so it’s had a long history,” Veldkamp said. The Sallie Ellis Davis House is also steeped in history of the Civil Rights Movement and what it meant to be black in Davis’s era. She paved the way for the African-American community through education in Milledgeville. “Sallie Ellis Davis was an African-American educator. Her life dates are 1877 to 1950, and her home really speaks to the struggle the African-American community had at that time and period,” Randolph said. “She was a force for positive change in her community, she was a teacher and she really believed education could set kids free and inspire them to live a great life.” To take advantage of these historical aspects in history even further, get your free tickets for the annual “Museum Day Live!” at Smithsonian.com/ museumday. For times and further information, please visit https://www.visit- milledgeville.org/events/ smithsonian-magazine-mu- seum-day-live!/l358/. “We welcome everyone and our tours are at the top of each hour at the mansion,” Randolph said. 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