Post by Christy on Jun 23, 2006 11:10:04 GMT -5
Can I say that I had NEVER even heard of the Kennesaw gun law before we went there? I did a little research online about the gun law to check it out, but all I could find was extremely partisan stuff. Either NRA/uberconservative sites bragging about how the gun law is a sterling model for world peace and ultimate joy, or gun-control/uberliberal stuff trying to discredit any positive effect the gun law might have had. And the facts could go either way-- depending on whether you look at crime in general or just burglaries, flat # per year or per capita # per year....
And as for the Great Locomotive Chase... That was COOL. Maybe the whole Magnum P.I. style movie we got to watch at the museum swayed me into thinking that conductor was a lot more of a tough guy than he was, but WOW. Pretty neat.
I also thought it was interesting that the Lacy Hotel was right in front of the museum, and that it all started right there where we were. And the fact that they brought the General (the aforementioned locomotive) into a cotton gin, never to be moved, and that they built an entire $6 million dollar museum up around it, without moving it, was VERY interesting.
I found this site online, which gives a detailed history of the locomotive chase, with some of those snazzy details that the guy we interviewed left out, but which were gloriously portrayed byTom Selleck the actor in the museum movies we saw:
ngeorgia.com/history/raiders.html
www.greatlocomotivechase.com/
Very interesting stuff, and I'd recommend a visit to Kennesaw for anyone heading to the Atlanta/N. GA area anytime soon. Just steer clear of Dent "Wild Man" Myers' Civil War Relics, Notions, and Bottles shop. That dude has a mountain man beard and a large handgun hanging in a holster on his hip, and I think he made Jason a little nervous.
www.wildmans-shop.com/
www.flickr.com
And as for the Great Locomotive Chase... That was COOL. Maybe the whole Magnum P.I. style movie we got to watch at the museum swayed me into thinking that conductor was a lot more of a tough guy than he was, but WOW. Pretty neat.
I also thought it was interesting that the Lacy Hotel was right in front of the museum, and that it all started right there where we were. And the fact that they brought the General (the aforementioned locomotive) into a cotton gin, never to be moved, and that they built an entire $6 million dollar museum up around it, without moving it, was VERY interesting.
I found this site online, which gives a detailed history of the locomotive chase, with some of those snazzy details that the guy we interviewed left out, but which were gloriously portrayed by
ngeorgia.com/history/raiders.html
www.greatlocomotivechase.com/
Very interesting stuff, and I'd recommend a visit to Kennesaw for anyone heading to the Atlanta/N. GA area anytime soon. Just steer clear of Dent "Wild Man" Myers' Civil War Relics, Notions, and Bottles shop. That dude has a mountain man beard and a large handgun hanging in a holster on his hip, and I think he made Jason a little nervous.
www.wildmans-shop.com/
www.flickr.com