Hitt will speak to Trail group
MARIETTA, Ga. – Historian Michael Hitt, whose specialty is the American Indians who lived along the Chattahoochee River north of Atlanta, will be the speaker for Saturday’s meeting of the Georgia Chapter of the Trail of Tears Association.
The meeting is set for 10:30 a.m. at the Marietta Museum of History, 1 Depot St., according to a news release. The museum is in the Kennesaw House, a former cotton warehouse, restaurant and Civil War-era inn. From there, James Andrews and his group plotted their attempt to steal the locomotive The General.
Parking is available at the corner of the 120 Loop and Mill Street.
Quilt show coming up
ATHENS, Tenn. – The McMinn County Living Heritage Museum will hold its 2012 Heritage Quilt Show on Sept. 12-29, according to a news release.
The theme, “Folk Art: Old and New” will include a modern quilt art show in conjunction with an exhibit, “Contemporary Interpretations of Traditional Folk Art,” featuring the works of artists Julie Jack and Jerry Hagaman.