Touring Cobb County You may know Kennesaw, Georgia, as the Atlanta suburb with great schools, interesting war history, and lush mountain scenery, but its claim to national fame is a law from 1982 that states: “Every head of household residing in the city limits is required to maintain a firearm.” That’s right, if you’re the head of household, you’re required by city law to own a gun. This is outlined in section ... Read More
Getting to Know Cobb County
Full Steam Ahead
To See the General in Downtown Kennesaw In This Issue: Touring Cobb County While Marietta certainly has its fair share of historical and cultural landmarks worth visiting, the town itself is only so big. That’s why we’re expanding the scope of this article series to include attractions worth seeing throughout all of Cobb County. Just to the northwest of Marietta is the town of Kennesaw, and in downtown Kennesaw ... Read More
The Marietta Diner: The Best Diner in Georgia
And One of the Best in the Country In This Issue: A Tour of Marietta When you read the name of the Marietta location that we’re highlighting in this section of our newsletter this month, you might wonder why we haven’t featured it before! That said, better late than never to highlight one of my favorite restaurants in town, and one of the best diners in the country, the Marietta Diner. The Marietta Diner was ... Read More
A True Appreciation of History and Art
The Tale of the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art A Tour of Marietta Art comes in all shapes, sizes, styles, and colors and gives the viewer something to contemplate and adore just through the simple act of looking. Luckily for us here in Marietta, the Marietta Cobb Museum of Art gives everyone a chance to admire historic paintings, as well as make some of their own. However, the building housing the museum wasn’t ... Read More
Celebrating Heroes
The Proud History of the Marietta Fire Museum In the early days of Marietta, fire safety was left in the hands of volunteers. The city relied on bucket brigades, which were teams of volunteers who would pass buckets of water hand-to-hand from a water source to the fire to fight any blazes. After a massive fire in 1854 destroyed most of Marietta Square, it was clear the town needed more serious fire protection. ... Read More
The Long History of the William Root
House Time’s Long Gone In August of 1839, a Philadelphian merchant named William Root moved south to Georgia. Root was one of Marietta’s founding citizens and opened the town’s first drug store. After marrying Hannah Remer Simpson in 1840, Root built his family home on the corner of present-day Church and Lemon streets. Today, this house is the oldest wood-frame house still standing in Marietta. A Tour of ... Read More
The Show Goes On
Memories Are Made at Earl and Rachel Smith Strand Theatre On Sept. 24, 1935, all of Marietta came out to the premiere of “Top Hat,” a film starring Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. The town gathered at The Strand Theatre in Marietta Square, a brand-new art deco movie palace. With seating for 1000, as well as heating and air conditioning, The Strand was the most modern theatre outside of Atlanta. Despite the ... Read More
Honoring the Fallen at Marietta Confederate Cemetery
Echoes of the Past "To the 3000 soldiers in this cemetery, from every Southern State, who fell on Georgia soil, in defense of Georgia rights and Georgia homes." –Inscription on a monument in Marietta Confederate Cemetery In September of 1863, Dr. William H. Miller, a Confederate surgeon from Kentucky, became the first person to be buried in the Marietta Confederate Cemetery. The cemetery was established as a ... Read More
Fancy a Drink?
What Happened to Marietta’s Open Container District? Early this past spring, Marietta was abuzz with the prospect of approving an open-container district in Marietta Square. Open-container districts, often referred to as entertainment districts, allow patrons of legal drinking age to carry open alcoholic drinks from restaurants within a designated area. Now we’re nearing the end of 2019 and open adult beverages ... Read More
700 Ghosts of Kennesaw House
The Most Haunted Place in Marietta The South is full of ghosts. Countless bloody battles during the Civil War caused the spirits of soldiers from both sides to be trapped in limbo forever. At least, that’s what the stories say. But even the most hardened skeptic will have a hard time not believing the stories when visiting Marietta’s most haunted building, Kennesaw House. Built in 1845, Kennesaw House is one ... Read More