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Marietta History Center taken from other side of railroad tracks

History May 21, 2022

Marietta History Center to feature talk by Stephanie L. Cherry-Farmer June 11

The City of Marietta posted the following notice about a presentation by Stephanie L. Cherry-Farmer, the National Register and Survey Program Manager at the Georgia Historic Preservation Division, to be…

History May 16, 2022

Marietta History Center hosts exhibit about the Dixie Highway

The Marietta History Center will host a traveling exhibit about the Dixie Highway until July 30. Before the interstate highway system was built, the Dixie Highway, which commenced development in…

Marietta May 14, 2022

Marietta History Center features a military appreciation Pop-in event

The following announcement about the Marietta History Center‘s monthly Pop-in for May was posted on the City of Marietta website: MARIETTA – The Marietta History Center will be hosting its…

Economy May 2, 2022

Fed hopes for ‘soft landing’ for the US economy, but history suggests it won’t be able to prevent a recession

By Alex Domash, Harvard Kennedy School and Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard Kennedy School [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Federal Reserve will likely soon learn…

Marietta April 26, 2022

“Remember When Club” returns to the Marietta History Center

The Marietta History Center has revived the “Remember When Club,” that was shut down due to the pandemic. The format is a panel discussion with people with a direct connection…

Refugees in Toronto gather around a table for seder in about 1945

Holidays April 17, 2022

How a coffee company and a marketing maven brewed up a Passover tradition: A brief history of the Maxwell House Haggadah

By Kerri Steinberg, Otis College of Art and Design For more than a millennium, the haggadah has been the centerpiece of the Jewish holiday of Passover. The book sets out…

native plants and pollinators. Bees on mountain mint.

Marietta April 10, 2022

Marietta History Center features “Bugs & Flowers” Pop-In, April 16

The Marietta History Center continues its Pop-In events featuring family-oriented themed activities and crafts with “Bugs & Flowers,” a fitting theme for early spring. The City of Marietta posted the…

History March 6, 2022

Women’s History Month: 5 groundbreaking researchers who mapped the ocean floor, tested atomic theories, vanquished malaria and more

By Maggie Villiger, The Conversation [first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Behind some of the most fascinating scientific discoveries and innovations are women whose names might not be…

Shaun Martin speaking in front of small cabin that was a sharecropper cabin used as part of the restaurant Aunt Fanny's Cabin

Smyrna March 5, 2022

Coalition to Save Aunt Fanny’s Cabin to hold “Circle of Strength” for Women’s History Month March 6

The Coalition to Save Aunt Fanny’s Cabin, a group leading an effort to preserve the sharecropper’s cabin that was once attached to a larger restaurant, and has been marked for…

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