Posted on 08/25/2014 9:38:18 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony
Ive visited the Cyclorama a few times..
its great...
I believe that in those parts, it was the War of Northern Aggression. :-)
That’s a great cyclorama. Waterloo has a great one as well.
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.
Here is the abbarama of Waterloo. It spins around.
http://images.45cat.com/abba-waterloo-german-version.jpg
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.
‘I believe that in those parts, it was the War of Northern Aggression. :-)’
Or sometimes, the recent unpleasantness.
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 ...
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..
“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
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.
The "Ken Burnsation" of the Civil War.
Brilliant analogy.
Of course pretty much nowadays all history has been given the Ken Burns treatment.
War of Kicking Slave Owning Morons Asses
Love cyclorama and grew up next to battle of jonesboro confederate cemetery .
Hasn’t been moved yet. I believe it’ll take over a year to complete the move. It’s a HUGE project. :-)
By Northern folks that wanted freed Black people far, far away from them...
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