Atlanta Braves - Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Braves - Atlanta, Georgia
Make your plans to visit Atlanta when you will be able to see the Atlanta Braves at a home game and make your trip truly special. The Braves arrived in Atlanta in 1966. They are the oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in America. They are one of today's 30 Major League franchises who fielded a team every season professional baseball has been in existence.
The Braves started life as the Boston Red Stockings in 1870. On January 20, 1871 the Boston Red Stockings came into existence as one of the nine charter members of the National League. They won six of the first eight pennants! After various name changes, the team settled on the "Braves". In 1953, the team moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin and became the Milwaukee Braves, followed by the move to Atlanta in 1966. The team's tenure in Atlanta is famous for Hank Aaron's breaking Babe Ruth's career home run record in 1974. His record stood until 2007.
Andersonville National Historic Site - Andersonville, Georgia
Andersonville National Historic Site - Andersonville, Georgia
This is a 515 acre park developed in honor of all those from the Civil War that were imprisoned here. The difficult life for the prisoners and those that were guarding them is commemorated at this park. Located in Sumter County the camp was chosen as the location for the prison because the community was small and therefore were unable to resist the building of such an unpopular facility. Prisoners began arriving at the prison in February of 1864.
The prison was designed for a population of 10,000 but as early as June of 1864 there were 20,000 prisoners locked up at the camp. The camp was expanded and by August there were over 33,000 Union prisoners held on the 26.5 acres that the camp had acquired by this time.
