If you find yourself in Macon, Georgia, make sure to visit Ocmulgee Mounds National Historic Site. The site has seven mounds, a museum, walking trails, and an excavated and reconstructed mound with a living floor that dates to the year 1050. The site was excavated in the 1930s and I found this really cool interactive … Continue reading Ocmulgee Mounds
Category: History
Andersonville National Historic Site – A Mega POW Camp
On our way to Savannah we stopped at Andersonville National Historic Site - a mega POW camp. The Andersonville Prison (also known as Camp Sumter), a Confederate POW camp at the end of the American Civil War between February 1864 and April 1865. The site contains the the POW camp, a National Cemetery and a … Continue reading Andersonville National Historic Site – A Mega POW Camp