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The Cyclorama, Battle of Atlanta and Gone with the Wind
Canada Free Press ^ | 08/25/14 | Calvin E. Johnson Jr.

Posted on 08/25/2014 9:38:18 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

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1 posted on 08/25/2014 9:38:18 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
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Ive visited the Cyclorama a few times..

its great...


2 posted on 08/25/2014 9:39:44 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: Sean_Anthony

I believe that in those parts, it was the War of Northern Aggression. :-)


3 posted on 08/25/2014 9:42:50 AM PDT by NCjim (Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.)
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To: Sean_Anthony

That’s a great cyclorama. Waterloo has a great one as well.


4 posted on 08/25/2014 9:44:15 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: Tennessee Nana

I’ve been there a few times too. It’s an odd experience. The Cyclorama is an impressive thing to see, if only because of the obviously huge amount of work that went into it. Creeping along its length at your own pace, you stop and ponder the details of a hundred little sub-plots and dramas that make up the battle.


5 posted on 08/25/2014 10:03:03 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: Sans-Culotte

Here is the abbarama of Waterloo. It spins around.
http://images.45cat.com/abba-waterloo-german-version.jpg


6 posted on 08/25/2014 10:04:18 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: Sean_Anthony
Interesting that this article is sourced from Canada. I hold the impression that the Sesquicentennial observance of the Civil War is barely covered in the U.S. media.

I have seen the cycloramas in Atlanta (1966) and Gettysburg (1971). Truly awe-inspiring art forms.

I was in grade school in AL when the Centennial of the Civil War was observed. My strongest memories centered around the fall fairs where the hot souvenir items on the midway were federal and confederate kepis and broad-rim hats. I also recall the Sunday edition of the local newspaper - The Columbus Ledger. Between 1961-65, it always featured articles about the Civil War.

It will be interesting to watch over the coming years the fate of the Confederate memorial carving on Stone Mountain near Stone Mountain, GA. The Daughters of the Confederacy were instrumental in making that happen. Stone Mountain also had a history 100 years ago of being a hot zone for KKK activity. With the changing U.S. demographics and PC in hurricane mode, I, like some others, wonder how much longer these types of memorials will last. Keep an eye on the statues on Monument Avenue in Richmond, VA, also.

7 posted on 08/25/2014 10:06:30 AM PDT by MacNaughton ("... something wicked this way comes." 1606, Macbeth, Act IV Scene i, by the "Bard")
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‘I believe that in those parts, it was the War of Northern Aggression. :-)’

Or sometimes, the recent unpleasantness.


8 posted on 08/25/2014 10:08:44 AM PDT by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: Tennessee Nana

It’s being moved, from the zoo to the Atlanta History Museum. HUGE project. Interesting factoid: There are actually additional panels that weren’t installed at the zoo’s exhibit, since that room was too small to accommodate all of them. The additional panels will be included in the new location ...

We have family memberships at both the zoo and the AHM, which is why I’m in the loop a bit on this ...


9 posted on 08/25/2014 10:10:58 AM PDT by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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I last saw it about a year ago..when it was at the Zoo..

Im glad you said it had been moved..

Im only 2 1/2 hours from Atlanta..


10 posted on 08/25/2014 10:13:45 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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“There was a land of Cavaliers and Cotton Fields called the Old South. Here in this pretty world, Gallantry took its last bow. Here was the last ever to be seen of Knights and their Ladies Fair, of Master and of Slave. Look for it only in books, for it is no more than a dream remembered, a Civilization gone with the wind...”
― Ben Hecht
11 posted on 08/25/2014 10:17:44 AM PDT by Bratch
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" I hold the impression that the Sesquicentennial observance of the Civil War is barely covered in the U.S. media."

What few observances of the war have focused on the roles of women and minorities in the great conflict. Progressive historical revisionism at its best. I suspect that within another 75 years hardly any physical trace of battlefields or museums that shelter any memory of the Civil War will remain. That will be a shame, for the honor and valor of the men who fought on both sides deserve to be remembered, despite what they fought over.

12 posted on 08/25/2014 10:21:18 AM PDT by buckalfa (Long time caller --- first time listener.)
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What few observances of the war have focused on the roles of women and minorities in the great conflict.

The "Ken Burnsation" of the Civil War.

13 posted on 08/25/2014 10:22:08 AM PDT by dfwgator
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14 posted on 08/25/2014 10:27:21 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: dfwgator

Brilliant analogy.


15 posted on 08/25/2014 10:29:38 AM PDT by buckalfa (Long time caller --- first time listener.)
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To: buckalfa

Of course pretty much nowadays all history has been given the Ken Burns treatment.


16 posted on 08/25/2014 10:31:27 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: NCjim

War of Kicking Slave Owning Morons Asses


17 posted on 08/25/2014 10:49:54 AM PDT by frithguild (The warmth and goodness of Gaia is a nuclear reactor in the Earth's core that burns Thorium)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Love cyclorama and grew up next to battle of jonesboro confederate cemetery .


18 posted on 08/25/2014 11:14:10 AM PDT by autumnraine
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To: Tennessee Nana

Hasn’t been moved yet. I believe it’ll take over a year to complete the move. It’s a HUGE project. :-)


19 posted on 08/25/2014 11:40:22 AM PDT by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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To: frithguild

By Northern folks that wanted freed Black people far, far away from them...


20 posted on 08/25/2014 12:02:46 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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