I’m a longtime subscriber to the City of Atlanta’s tourism newsletter. For the most part it’s boring and packed with the same kind of crap that any city can boast. Sports. Restaurants. Shopping. YAAWWN!

Atlanta has taken great pains to avoid any connotation with the rest of the South, lest it offend somebody. Months ago I went pouring through the online tourism guide in an effort to find historical interests pertaining to the Civil War. You just might think there’s something connected to Atlanta with that period. I might as well been looking for Atlanta’s history in outer space exploration; I would have had better results.

I was annoyed enough, after Atlanta seemed embarassed at hosting the last Dukes of Hazzard “DukesFest” gathering, that I emailed the “ATL” gang and said, politely, WTF? Last time I checked, Atlanta was in the South. Is this awkward for you?

I never got an answer, of course. Maybe one look at a Google search under Ye Olde Brian Coltrane was enough to convince them they were right in disclaiming any association with Dixie.

But wait! Just recently, I discovered a small, somewhat hidden list of Civil War related points of interest on the ATL visitor’s guide. I only had to page around for about 10 minutes.

I’m sharing the link right here so the rest of ya’ll can see what’s listed without subscribing to this piece of spam for two years like I did.

http://www.atlanta.net/Visitors/seedo/civilWar2.html

Visit Atlanta! Before some other Yankee wrecks the place.

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