It's where golfer Bobby Jones is buried, and "Gone With the Wind" author Margaret Mitchell, too. It also is the final resting place of Atlanta slaves, Confederate soldiers, Jews, Catholics and a host of others. I have never done the tour, but I'd like to.
I feel like I always take my own little tour the day of the race since I get there pretty early and then wander around. Here's some of what I found:
The statue shows the women holding books.
The Confederate soldier portion of the cemetery
Me in front of the sleeping lion monument
The sleeping lion is a monument to Confederate soldiers
The State Capitol building during the race
Headed back into the cemetery and nearing the finish
One of my favorite markers: Count None But Sunny Hours
The gravesite of the original namesake of Atlanta: Marthasville
I didn't have any friends run this one with me this year, but it was still fun, until the very end. I got back to my car and a parking ticket! Grrr. Thanks Atlanta PD. There was a row of cars of runners and we all had parking tickets. Guess the city needed to make a parking ticket quota that week!
Next year I'll have to pay more attention to parking, or else Run Like Hell to keep from getting a ticket!
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