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National parks, monuments, natural reserves, historic sites of Georgia. Pages with photos are indicated with (pictures).
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Andersonville
Appalachian
Lake Superior
Chattahoochee River
Atlanta
Chickamauga and Chattanooga (pictures)
Fort Oglethorpe
Cumberland Island (pictures)
Saint Marys
Fort Frederica (pictures)
St. Simons Island
Fort Pulaski
Savannah
Jimmy Carter
Plains
Kennesaw Mountain
Kennesaw
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
Ocmulgee
Macon
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Martin Luther King Jr National Historic Site
Atlanta, GA
Just past noon on January 15, 1929, a son was born to the Reverend and Mrs. Martin Luther King in an upstairs bedroom of 501 Auburn Avenue, in Atlanta, Georgia. The couple named their first son after Rev. King, but he was simply called "M.L." by the family. During the next 12 years, this fine two story Victorian home is where "M.L." would live with his parents, grandparents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and their boarders. The home is located in the residential section of "Sweet Auburn", the center of black Atlanta. Two blocks west of the home is Ebenezer Baptist Church, the pastorate of Martin's grandfather and father. It was in these surroundings of home, church and neighborhood that "M.L." experienced his childhood. Here, "M.L." learned about family and Christian love, segregation in the days of "Jim Crow" laws, diligence and tolerance. It was to Ebenezer Baptist Church that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. would return in 1960. As co-pastor with his father, "Daddy King", Dr. King, Jr. would preach about love, equality, and non-violence.
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