August - 2020

Aug 31, 20204 min read

Rising Fawn United Methodist Church

Note: The following article is taken from the History of Dade County, Georgia, Volume II. The articles for this book were written by...

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Aug 31, 20202 min read

Library Opens Mondays, Resumes In-Person Ready-to-Read Program

The library staff is looking forward to seeing our patrons six days a week again. The library is adding open hours on Mondays for the...

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Aug 18, 20205 min read

Your Civil War Ancestors: Do You Know Which Side They Were On?

Several years ago, Magistrate Judge Joel McCormick’s father, Bert McCormick, borrowed some books I’ve collected in doing genealogy to...

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Aug 17, 20202 min read

Library Resumes In-Person Kids' Programs

The exhibit “Rightfully Hers,” which celebrates the 19th amendment, when women got the right to vote, will be at the library throughout...

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Aug 12, 20206 min read

History of the New Salem Methodist Church

(This article appears in Vol. II of the Dade County History Book. It was written several years ago and does not cover more recent history...

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Aug 6, 20205 min read

Letters Read on Memorial Day

As we should always remember, Memorial Day is not just the beginning of summer or an excuse for stores to hold a sale. It is not even a...

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Aug 5, 202013 min read

Memoir Part 5: Verenice Cooper Hawkins

Editor's note: This is the final installment of Verenice's memoir about growing up on a mule-and horse-powered farm near Valley Head...

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Aug 4, 20202 min read

4-H Road Trip Finale--Georgia: There's No Place Like Home

On the final week of our Road Trippin’ Across the USA! tour, we are traveling all around our home state of Georgia. The state is known as...

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