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SEPTEMBER 3--Meet Kenneth Smith. The Florida man, 29, was arrested yesterday for wearing baggy pants.

The plan that would allow Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina to opt into leasing programs starting 50 miles off their shores now has the support of 16 senators - eight Democrats and eight ...

Not even trying to hide their racism anymore, I see. The Hill : Georgia Republican Rep.

That's my girl, I thought, as Olivia tore away from us to join the other 5-year-olds for circle time -- legs crossed, hand stick-straight in the air in response to the teacher's question about how the kids ...

"Change is coming," McCain promised the roaring Republican National Convention and a prime-time television audience.

Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force strained by two wars.

Authorities are investigating the death of a baby in a hot minivan in northeast Georgia after being left in the vehicle by her foster mother.

Kaylene Johnson is a freelance writer and the author of "Sarah: How A Hockey Mom Turned Alaska's Political Establishment Upside ...

A former Grady Memorial Hospital worker apologized after police arrested him again for allegedly stealing from patients.

Meteorologist David Chandley in Severe Weather Center 2 said Wednesday that Tropical Storm Hanna has weakened to 60 mph.

I can not overstate the profound impact living in Lumpkin County has had on my life.

A Gwinnett County woman's grass is high; there are cars in her front yard, and now the 21-year-old pregnant woman has gone to jail because of it.

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Hundreds of child welfare workers furloughed. State parks shuttered. Prisoners stacked three high in triple bunks.

Medicaid and PeachCare will be on the table as the state board of community health meets to discuss how to cuts its budget.

Georgia's struggling public defender system has staged an open revolt against Gov.

A Georgia county school district lost its accreditation Thursday, an unusual move blamed in part on what has been called a "dysfunctional" school board.

by Bradley Putnam

If your family lives in Georgia you must make it your responsibility to bring them to Tunnel Hill next wext weekend---period!

Built in 1848, re-enactment held on grounds (picture furnished by Bradley Putnam) Tunnel Hill Cemetery...Dating back to June 22, 1876. There are several Civil War soilders interred here. The Tunnel Hill Women's Club, founded in April, 1936, pays a caretaker to keep the cemetery

Tunnel Hill, Georgia USA

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Foster Cemetery...Gift of Absolem Foster to the community. Destined to be the resting place for many pioneer families. He was buried here in 1891. The remains of southern soilders who perished in Tunnel Hill hospitals during the Civil War are thought to be interred here. Depot...Located in the old section of Tunnel Hill about 3000 feet from the tunnel.

Building is now occupied by Conagra Poultry Reenacting the American Civil War began even before the real fighting had ended. Civil War veterans recreated battles as a way to remember their fallen comrades and to teach others what the war was all about.[

The Great Reunion of 1913, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg, was attended by more than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans, and included reenactments of elements of the battle, including Pickett's Charge.

Modern reenacting is thought to have began during the 1961-1965 Civil War centennial commemorations. These battles and events found a receptive audience, but public interest in reenactments faded by the late 1960's, possibly due to the growing involvement in the Vietnam War.

Reenacting grew in popularity during the 1980's and 1990's, due in large part to the success of the 125th Anniversary reenactment near the original Manassas battlefield, which was attended by more than 6,000 reenactors.

That year, TIME Magazine estimated that there were more than 50,000 reenactors in the US.

The Tunnel Hill Historical Foundation, Inc., A non-profit organization, sponsors an authentic Civil War re-enactment held annually on the weekend following Labor Day. The host unit is the 35th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry, CO. F. The event is held on the grounds of the Clisby Austin House.

Residents who try to ride out Hurricane Gustav will be making the biggest mistake of their lives, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin warned on Saturday.

Lun Lun, one of Zoo Atlanta's pandas, gave birth to a cub Saturday night. The cub was born at 10:10 p.m., according to an announcement on the zoo's Web site.