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Wed., July 15, 1998, Houston Times jaumal
National Prisoner of War Museum
news addition at Andersonville
tmom Sum Kkpokts
ANDERSONVILLE The
National Prisoner of War
Museum was dedicated at
Andersonville National Historic-
Site on April 9. 199 X. the 50th
Anniversary ol the Hall of
Bataan.
The museum honors the mem
ory of all United States Prisoners
ol War and is huilt in a striking
architectural style similar to war
time barracks.
The museum, built through the
combined efforts of the American
Ex-Pnsoners of War. the Fncnds of
Andersonville and the National Park
Service, tells the story all prisoners
from the American Revolution
through the Vietnam War.
The exhibit is organized by
themes such as “Capture."
"Living Conditions," and
“Privation." The exhibit makes
use of taped voices of former
prisoners as well as photographs
and memorabilia donated by pris
oners-of-war.
Most who have toured the
museum have found it a deeply
moving experience because of
both the suffering and heroism of
the men and women whose story
is told there.
Andersonville National
Historic Site was chosen as the
location of this nationwide muse
um because it is the only park in
the National Park System ol'fi
Take a trip through Amish Mennonite country
Prom. Staff Reports
In the mid-I9sG's a group of
Amish Mennonite.s came to
Georgia seeking farmland and an
area to make their home. Today
that community, just a few rmles
from Perry in the eastern part of
Macon County, numbers in the
hundreds, with three churches
and two schools.
People of the Mennonitc faith
may be recognized by their
"plain" clothing and preference
for simple and hardworking
lifestyles, but they are complete
ly up-to-date as dairy farmers.
“Mennonite Country” can be
reached by driving west on either
Ga. 224 or Ga. 26. Just watch for
the silos and the frequent sight of
Holstcins grazing on green
meadows.
A favorite area restaurant,
located “out in the country" on
Ga. 26. about three miles east of
Monte/uma. is Yoder's Deitsch
Haus. where there is always at
long line at the buffet of home
style cooking. The restaurant fea
tures several meats and vegeta
bles. as well as a w ide variety of
desserts.
Baked goods may also be pur
chased. and a gift shop at the
same location features quilts,
wood work and many types of
crafts. Both the restaurant and
the gift shop are closed on
Sundays.
Find the antebellum
South in Marshallville
Marshallville, a small historic
town which can be reached by a
short drive from Perry, boasts of
a number of tine ante-bellum
homes and historic churches . as
well as the well-known Crape
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.Bobby E. Glover Mortuary
1006 Creekwood Drive
P.O. Box 1256
Perry, Georgia 31069
987-4406
Bobby E. Glover, Funeral Director
Services of Dignity and Respect Since 1971
dally designated as a memorial to
all American Prisoners of War.
The Historic Site and National
Cemetery are a “must" for any
one interested in the Civil War
era. Both are on the site which
once served as Camp Sumter, a
Confederate prison camp near the
rail line leading to Andersonville.
The camp held more than
45,000 Union soldiers during the
14 months it was in operation
during the Civil War. Of these,
almost 13,000 died from disease,
poor sanitation, malnutrition,
overcrowding and exposure.
More than 1.200 of those men
are buried in Andersonville
National Cemetery, along with
many other war veterans from
other wars. The names of the pris
oners who died at the camp and
were buried in trenches, arc on
the thousands of small white
markers which were organized
through the tireless efforts of
Clara Barton after the war. There
are also monuments from the
Union States. Many books have
been written about Andersonville.
and recent movies have stimulat
ed still more interest in the site.
In addition to exhibits at the
new museum, visitors can sec a
partial reconstruction of the old
pine stockades which surrounded
the Confederate stockade, the
escape tunnels dug by prisoners,
and the site of Providence Spring.
Myrtle highway (Ga. 49). which is
lined with brilliantly blooming
trees for several miles. The trees
arc in blossom during July.
Marshallvillc has two special
claims to fame. It is the home of
the Elberta peach, which was
developed by one of its leading
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Welcome to Perry and the
• Georgia National Fairgrounds
and Agricenter
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GETTING THERE To
reach Andersonville, take
Ga. 224 from Exit 42 in
Perry to Montezuma and
Oglethorpe. The trip takes
about 45 minutes.
a fresh water source which many
believe sprung up in answer to
the prisoners’ cries and prayers
for water.
Nearby is the small town of
Andersonville which features an
authentic pioneer village and a
number of shops with antiques
and civil war memorabilia, as
well as two restaurants.
To reach the Andersonville
National Historic Site from
Perry, take 1-75 south to Exit 41,
and take Ga 26 west to Ga. 49
(near Oglethorpe). Take Ga. 49
south approximately 10 miles
citizens in the last century, and it
is also a center of camellia horti
culture
Mas see Lane Gardens, home of
the National Camellia Society is a
few miles north of Marshallville.
The Gardens are along Ga 49.
toward Fort Valley.
__AlNaWs
Kmart Shopping Center
Sam Nunn
Boulevard
Perry • 988-4333
Open 24 Hours, 7 Days a Week • 1367 SAM NUNN BLVD. PERRY
Thank you,
Legionnaires,
for all you have done for our country!
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The Georgia Agricultural
Exposition Authority
and
the Staff of the
Georgia National Fairgrounds
& Agricenter
WELCOME
Members of the American Legion
Department of Georgia Convention 1998
We are proud to be the site
for your July 17-19,1998, meeting.
Please come back and visit Fair Bear
at the 9 lh annual
Georgia National Fair
October 9-18,1998.
Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter
401 Larry Walker Pkwy. • P.O. Box 1367
Perry, GA 31069
800/987-3247 (Georgia only)
912/987-3247
www.gnfa.com
NEW MUSEUM Hundreds of visitoS’haCe
inspected the new displays at the National
Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville
since the museum opened during April 1998.
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