History

William Root House, a two story wooden pre-Civil War house

History October 14, 2022

Learn about 19th century funeral practices at Marietta’s historic William Root House

The historic William Root House in Marietta is offering a look into 19th century funeral practices, in addition to offering Friday evening flashlight tours. Full details are in the announcement…

Lakisha Smith in Ashanti clothing with a little girl and a replica of a goat

History September 28, 2022

Sankofa Festival previews the Before Slavery museum which will be coming to Cobb’s Cumberland area next year

By Arielle Robinson The Before Slavery museum hosted the Sankofa Festival Sunday at Taylor-Brawner Park in Smyrna, where they presented a portion of the upcoming museum. An Ashanti princess donned…

Marietta History Center taken from other side of railroad tracks

History September 19, 2022

Dr. Marietta Monaghan to speak about historical architecture at Marietta History Center

The Marietta History Center posted the following announcement on the City of Marietta website about about a subject that should be of interest to people interested in historic preservation and…

History September 18, 2022

Upcoming Sankofa Festival previews new museum in Cobb opening in 2023 that will look at life of Africans before slavery

By Arielle Robinson When European slave traders kidnapped Africans from the western and central portions of the African continent during the Transatlantic slave trade, not only were people kidnapped, entire…

History September 14, 2022

Color My Teacher: an oral history of Black Cobb County educators

The Marietta History Center continues its Diverse Cobb programming with Color My Teacher, an oral history project featuring interviews with Black teachers, counselors and principals. The showing will last through…

History September 6, 2022

Marietta History Center to host KSU’s exhibit “The Tragedy of War: Japanese American Internment”

The Marietta History Center announced that it will continue hosting a series of traveling exhibits from Kennesaw State University’s Museum of History and Holocaust Education. The second temporary exhibit in…

History July 28, 2022

Marietta History Center to present talk by Christa McCay on cemetery preservation

Christa McCay, M.H.P. (Master of Heritage Preservation) will give a talk on cemetery preservation as part of the Marietta History Center‘s On Doing History lecture series. McCay has worked for…

History June 13, 2022

Celebrate the Cultures of Cobb with the Marietta History Center Pop-in

The Marietta History Center will celebrate the Cultures of Cobb County with a Pop-in on June 18 from 10 a.m – 4 p.m. The details are in the following announcement…

History June 6, 2022

Marietta History Center to host showings of Lemon Street Chronicles in celebration of Juneteenth

The Marietta History Center will host a showing of the four volumes of The Lemon Street Chronicles in the weeks leading up to Marietta’s Juneteenth celebration on June 18. The…

History June 3, 2022

Author of Death at the Edges of Empire to give talk, book-signing at Marietta History Center

The following news release was posted to the City of Marietta website about an upcoming talk and book signing by Shannon Bontranger, Ph.D. of Georgia Highlands College: Please join the…

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