Fort Oglethorpe native singer-songwriter James Rogers first had the idea for his song “My Hometown” after seeing a slideshow highlighting the city about two years ago.
“I’ve always written songs and loved to write songs, and I thought, ‘What would set us apart? … We should have a song,'” Rogers said at a Dec. 9 Fort Oglethorpe City Council meeting.
The song came to him in pieces.
“Slowly but surely, as always, the angels sang and I started coming up with the lyrics,” he told the council.
Rogers first debuted the song in November at the dedication of Honor Park: A Tribute to Those Who Serve, the city’s new park which honors veterans and first responders. Since then, he’s been fine-tuning it.