Atlanta History Center, Atlanta GA

The year was Nineteen Twenty Six, and in the middle of the Great Depression fourteen like minded men in Atlanta felt that the city needed something to remind itself of the roots of the great country that they lived in and hence they founded the Atlanta Historical Society.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_History_Center

It was created with the sole aim to protect and preserve all historical items that were associated with the history of the country and the city and also to provoke interest in the hearts and minds of the people in the city. Over the course of the century the Society has steadily grown and is now called the Atlanta Historical Center and is located in a large compound that comprises of a number of places that are a must see according to any travel guide Atlanta.

http://www.Atlantatours.us/tours/tourDetail.cfm?tour_id=4864

The center now comprises of the Atlanta History Museum, Swan House, Centennial Olympic Games Museum and the Kenan Research Center, all of which form an unavoidable stop for any tourist in the city. This makes it a prime candidate for any travel guide Atlanta since to not go to the center would mean that one does not receive the complete Atlanta tourist experience.

http://www.Atlantahistorycenter.com/cms/About+the+Atlanta+History+Center/65.htmlTravel

Atlanta arranges a number of tours all the time which take people around the campus so that they can view all the historic exhibits which date back to the early stages of the American civil war to the recent times. The origins of the Center date back to the times when the people who founded the organization used to publish the 'Atlanta Historical Bulletin' but it has now grown to hold thousands of exhibits in a number of locations and also there are plans of a 11 million dollar expansion for the centre which include addition of a number of artifacts and memorabilia. Hence the Center is a prominent feature of any travel guide Atlanta.

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